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威斯康星州民主党州长初选的社会主义候选人洪：“我们目前还没有最终结果，但我清楚我们已准备好继续战斗”
民主党州长候选人、威斯康星州社会主义者弗朗西斯卡·洪对支持者表示：“我们已经建立起将永远改变政治格局的事业”
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威斯康星州麦迪逊—— 连续第二周，进步左翼在一场高风险的参议院初选中击败建制派，这被视为民主党长期领袖、参议员查克·舒默遭遇的又一次挫折。
但在民主党为争夺意识形态未来而持续进行的斗争中，极左翼与中间派之间最重大的对决以建制派险胜告终：密尔沃基县行政长官戴维·克劳利在威斯康星州州长初选中击败了民主社会主义州众议员弗朗西斯卡·洪。
与此同时，民主党人的代际对决又让一名长期任职的国会议员出局。
周二，明尼苏达州、威斯康星州、康涅狄格州、佛蒙特州、南卡罗来纳州和阿拉巴马州举行了初选，总统唐纳德·特朗普的背书在全州共和党提名竞选中呈现出分化结果。
民主党团体斥资1500万美元打击民主社会主义者：“生死攸关的危险”
激进派旗手弗朗西斯卡·洪试图在这场受密切关注的威斯康星州对决中推翻民主党建制派。（塔利亚·斯普拉格/彭博社/盖蒂图片社）
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“我知道我们目前还没有最终结果，但我清楚我们已准备好继续战斗，”民主党州长候选人、州众议员弗朗西斯卡·洪在威斯康星州首府的初选之夜活动中对支持者表示，当时选举结果尚未公布。
洪曾是厨师，也是一名单亲家长，她是美国民主社会主义者运动（DSA）成员，以微弱劣势输给了密尔沃基县行政长官戴维·克劳利。克劳利获得了更多主流民主党人的支持，并得到了即将退休的民主党州长托尼·埃弗斯的背书。
克劳利将与众议员汤姆·蒂芙尼对决，蒂芙尼轻松获得共和党提名。蒂芙尼是保守派众议院自由核心小组的强硬派成员，在初选中得到了特朗普的背书。大选获胜者将接替决定不寻求第三任期的民主党州长托尼·埃弗斯。
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密尔沃基县行政长官戴维·克劳利在2022年中期选举提前投票首日举行的动员集会上发表讲话，2022年10月25日，威斯康星州密尔沃基。（丹尼尔·博查尔斯基/为SEIU拍摄的盖蒂图片社）
洪得到了多位全国知名进步人士的背书，包括明尼苏达州众议员伊尔汗·奥马尔和加利福尼亚州众议员罗·卡纳——后者是潜在的2028年民主党总统候选人。但两位左翼领军人物、佛蒙特州参议员伯尼·桑德斯和纽约州众议员亚历山德里亚·奥卡西奥-科特茨并未在此次竞选中背书。
洪的竞选纲领包括保障带薪休假、将该州最低工资从每小时7.25美元提高到20美元，以及在威斯康星州暂停建设人工智能数据中心一年。洪因多年前的社交媒体帖子引发审查，这些帖子呼吁削减和废除警察经费。但她表示，自己不再支持削减警察预算或废除警察部门。
她还因2020年的一条重新浮出水面的社交媒体帖子在过去两周登上全国头条，当时她辩称美国应该“取消感恩节”，以“停止庆祝殖民主义”。
洪在舆论反弹中收回了关于感恩节的言论，现在表示感恩节是她“最喜欢的节日”。
今年夏天，威斯康星州副州长萨拉·罗德里格斯和前副州长曼德拉·巴恩斯这两位州长提名的主要竞争者退出竞选，民主党初选因此陷入动荡。此前曾暂停竞选并支持罗德里格斯的克劳利重新加入了竞选。
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戴维·克劳利（左），威斯康星州州长民主党候选人，2026年8月7日周五，在威斯康星州希博伊根与威斯康星州州长托尼·埃弗斯一同竞选时向支持者致意。（凯拉·沃尔夫/美联社照片）
埃弗斯背书了克劳利，并在初选前的最后阶段与他一同参加竞选活动，两人都质疑洪的选举可行性，并警告称她的胜利将帮助蒂芙尼在大选中获胜。与此同时，支持共和党的超级政治行动委员会——包括一个与共和党州长协会结盟的委员会——斥资数百万美元在初选中支持洪，因为他们认为洪是最弱的民主党候选人。
初选前的最后几次民调显示洪拥有可观的两位数领先优势。但民调再次出现偏差，就像一周前的情况一样：左翼民主党参议院候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德在密歇根州民主党参议院提名竞选中以微弱优势击败了更温和的众议员黑利·史蒂文斯，密歇根州和威斯康星州一样都是关键的中西部摇摆州。
尽管埃尔-赛义德的优势微乎其微，但他的胜利提振了左翼阵营。本周，进步人士再次取得胜利：明尼苏达州副州长佩吉·弗拉纳根以约20个百分点的优势击败温和派众议员安吉·克雷格，赢得民主党参议院提名。
弗拉纳根得到了包括桑德斯和马萨诸塞州参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦在内的顶级进步人士的背书，她将在接下来与共和党候选人米歇尔·塔福亚对决，后者是NBC体育前资深记者，旨在接替即将退休的民主党参议员蒂娜·史密斯。
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明尼苏达州副州长、美国参议院候选人佩吉·弗拉纳根（左）与民主党挑战者明尼苏达州众议员安吉·克雷格（右）合影。（汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ-罗尔公司通过盖蒂图片社；大卫·伯丁/盖蒂图片社）
共和党人已经24年未在明尼苏达州赢得美国参议院选举。但弗拉纳根的胜利可能会提升共和党在这个左倾但竞争激烈的州翻转席位的希望。
克雷格得到了包括舒尔茨在内的民主党建制派领导人的支持。克雷格的失败是舒尔茨一周内遭遇的第二次重大挫折，此前埃尔-赛义德在密歇根州获胜。弗拉纳根曾表示，如果在11月当选，她不会支持舒尔茨继续担任参议院民主党领袖。
民主党人的代际斗争
康涅狄格州众议员约翰·拉尔森成为本届初选季以来第七位被淘汰的众议院民主党人。
拉尔森在国会任职近30年，在康涅狄格州深蓝的第1国会选区民主党初选中以两位数的差距被前哈特福德市长卢克·布朗宁击败。
两位候选人都标榜自己的进步派资质，此次竞选与其说是意识形态之争，不如说是党内的代际变革。两年前，81岁的总统乔·拜登在与特朗普的一场糟糕辩论后，因身心耐力受到质疑而退出总统竞选，这场变革由此获得动力。
康涅狄格州民主党众议员约翰·拉尔森出席众议院筹款委员会听证会，2023年12月5日周二，朗沃斯众议院办公楼。（比尔·克拉克/CQ-罗尔公司通过盖蒂图片社）
47岁的布朗宁比78岁的拉尔森年轻30岁，拉尔森成为民主党选民推动淘汰资深 incumbent、更换年轻领导人运动的最新政治受害者。
“约翰·拉尔森是个好人，但他从90年代起就在国会任职。继续按老路子走下去的风险太高了，”退役海军情报官布朗宁在其中一则竞选广告中说道。
拉尔森则以自己的经验和在国会的战斗记录作为回应。
“我们的国家正处于彻底的危机之中。我们需要最坚强的斗士。我曾对抗过特朗普、狗狗币和移民海关执法局，并且赢了，”拉尔森在社交媒体帖子中写道。
拉尔森加入了得克萨斯州众议员阿尔·格林、科罗拉多州众议员戴安娜·德盖特、纽约州众议员阿德里亚诺·埃斯帕伊尔和密歇根州众议员什里·塔纳德的行列，他们也都在初选中输给了更年轻的挑战者。
几周后，代际斗争可能会在更大的舞台上演：47岁的众议员赛斯·莫尔顿将挑战80岁的参议员埃德·马基——一位进步派领袖——在民主党占主导地位的马萨诸塞州参议院初选中。
特朗普背书的分化结果
得到特朗普背书的任命参议员达琳·格雷厄姆在南卡罗来纳州周二举行的特别共和党参议院初选中获得最多选票，该选举旨在接替她已故的兄弟、参议员林赛·格雷厄姆。
但由于没有候选人获得超过50%的选票，格雷厄姆将在两周后与获得第二名的众议员拉尔夫·诺曼进行 runoff。众议员拉塞尔·弗莱、前州长兼前众议员马克·桑福德以及其他竞争者在此次特别初选中失利。此次特别选举是在这位资深参议员突然去世一个月后举行的，他享年71岁。
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“我要感谢特朗普总统，他坚定的支持和完全的背书对我意义重大。他知道我会像林赛一样，与他站在一起，为他的议程而战，”格雷厄姆在初选之夜的活动中说道。
诺曼曾在今年争夺接替任期受限的南卡罗来纳州州长亨利·麦克马斯特的共和党州长提名，但未能成功。他是众议院的特朗普盟友，并在参议院竞选活动中展示了对总统的支持。
特朗普对共和党人的影响力依然巨大，他在共和党初选中的背书力量在南卡罗来纳州再次接受考验，此次他的背书取得了成功。
但在这个坚定的红色州，特朗普的背书在本届选举周期中并非万无一失。
在6月初该州提前投票之前，特朗普背书了副州长帕梅拉·埃维特，参与争夺接替任期受限的麦克马斯特的共和党州长提名。
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埃维特在初选中获得最高票数，但在随后的 runoff 选举中以压倒性劣势输给了南卡罗来纳州总检察长艾伦·威尔逊。特朗普急于求胜，在 runoff 选举前几天除了背书埃维特外，还背书了威尔逊。
接下来的一大问题是，格雷厄姆是否会重蹈埃维特的覆辙。
两周后举行的参议院 runoff 选举的获胜者将被视为这个红色州中期选举中明显的领跑者，其对手是民主党候选人、儿科医生安妮·安德鲁斯。
与此同时，特朗普在明尼苏达州遭遇了罕见的背书挫折。
迈克·林德尔是MyPillow创始人兼前首席执行官，也是特朗普的亲密盟友，曾与总统一同否认前总统乔·拜登在2020年白宫选举中的胜利，他得到了特朗普的背书。但林德尔在明尼苏达州共和党州长初选中输给了州众议院议长丽莎·德穆特。
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Socialist Hong on Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary: ‘we don’t have the final results right now but I do know we are ready to keep fighting’
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong, a Wisconsin socialist, tells supporters ‘we have built something that will change politics forever’
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MADISON, Wis. –For a second straight week, the progressive left-wing won a high-stakes Senate primary battle over the establishment in what is seen as a setback for longtime Democratic Senate Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer.
But the biggest ballot-box face-off between the far left and the center in the ongoing fight for the ideological future of the Democratic Party ended with a narrow victory for the establishment, as Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley defeated democratic socialist state Rep. Francesca Hong in Wisconsin’s gubernatorial primary.
Meanwhile, the Democrats’ generational showdown claimed another longtime member of Congress.
And it was a split decision for President Donald Trump’s endorsements in statewide Republican nomination contests, as Minnesota, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Vermont, South Carolina and Alabama held primaries on Tuesday.
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Progressive firebrand Francesca Hong looks to topple the Democratic establishment in a closely watched Wisconsin showdown.(Talia Sprague/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
Upper Midwest showdowns
“I know we don’t have the final results right now, but I do know we are ready to keep fighting,” Democratic gubernatorial candidate state Rep. Francesca Hong told supporters at a primary night event in Wisconsin’s capital city before the race was called.
Hong, a former chef and single parent who is a Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member, narrowly lost to Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, who consolidated support from more mainstream Democrats and was backed by retiring Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.
Crowley will face Rep. Tom Tiffany, who cruised to the GOP nomination. Tiffany is a hard-right member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus who was backed by Trump in the primary. The general election winner will succeed Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who decided against seeking a third term in office.
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County Executive David Crowley speaks during a rally to get out the vote on the first day of early voting in the 2022 midterm elections on October 25, 2022, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.(Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for SEIU)
Hong was backed by top nationally known progressives, including Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Ro Khanna of California, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential contender. But two champions of the left, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, didn’t endorse in the race.
Hong ran on a platform that includes guaranteed paid leave, boosting the state’s minimum wage from $7.25 to $20 per hour and a one-year moratorium in Wisconsin on building AI data centers. Hong has faced scrutiny over years-old social media posts calling for defunding and abolishing the police. But she says she no longer supports cutting police budgets or abolishing police departments.
She also made national headlines over the past two weeks for a resurfaced social media post from 2020 where she argued that the country should “cancel Thanksgiving” in order to “stop celebrating colonialism.”
Hong walked back her Thanksgiving comments amid backlash and now says that Thanksgiving is her “favorite holiday.”
The Democratic primary was rocked this summer, as Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez and former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, two of the major contenders for the gubernatorial nomination, exited the race. And Crowley, who earlier suspended his campaign and backed Rodriguez, re-entered the contest.
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David Crowley, left, Democratic candidate for Wisconsin governor, points to a group of supporters while campaigning with Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers Friday, Aug. 7, 2026, in Sheboygan, Wis.(Kayla Wolf/AP Photo)
Crowley was backed by Evers, who joined him on the campaign trail in the closing stretch leading up to the primary, as they both questioned Hong’s electability and warned that a victory by her would help Tiffany in the general election. Meanwhile, pro-GOP super PACs, including one aligned with the Republican Governors Association, shelled out millions of dollars to boost Hong in the primary, because they view her as the weakest Democratic candidate.
The final pre-primary polls indicated Hong with a healthy double-digit lead. But the polls were off again, as they were a week ago when left-wing Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed narrowly edged more moderate Rep. Haley Stevens for the party’s Senate nomination in Michigan, which, along with Wisconsin, is a key Midwestern battleground.
While his margin was razor-thin, El-Sayed’s win boosted the left. Fast-forward to this week, and progressives scored another victory, as Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan downed moderate Rep. Angie Craig by roughly 20 points to capture the Democratic Senate nomination.
Flanagan, who was backed by top progressives including Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, will now face off with GOP nominee Michele Tafoya, a former longtime NBC Sports reporter, in the race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Tina Smith.
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Minnesota Lt. Gov. and candidate for U.S. Senate Peggy Flannagan, left, pictured alongside her Democratic challenger Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., right.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; David Berding/Getty Images)
It’s been 24 years since a Republican won a U.S. Senate election in Minnesota. But Flanagan’s victory may boost the GOP hopes of flipping the seat in a left-leaning but competitive state.
Craig was supported by Democratic establishment leaders, including Schumer. Craig’s defeat is the second major setback for Schumer in a week, following El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan. And Flanagan has said that if elected in November, she wouldn’t support Schumer remaining as Democratic leader in the Senate.
Democrats’ generational battle
Rep. John Larson of Connecticut became the seventh House Democrat ousted so far this primary season.
Larson, who’s been in Congress for nearly three decades, was defeated by double digits in the Democratic primary in Connecticut’s solidly-blue 1st Congressional District by former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin.
With both candidates touting their progressive credentials, this race was less about ideology and more about generational change in the party, which was fueled two years ago by then-81-year-old President Joe Biden’s exit from the presidential race amid questions over his physical and mental stamina following a disastrous debate performance against Trump.
Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., arrives for a House Ways and Means Committee hearing, in the Longworth House Office Building on Tuesday, December 5, 2023.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
The 47-year-old Bronin is three decades younger than the 78-year-old Larson, who became the latest political victim of a push by Democratic voters to sweep out older incumbents and replace them with younger leaders.
“John Larson is a good man, but he’s been in Congress since the 90s. The stakes are just too high to keep doing the same thing,”Bronin, a retired Naval intelligence officer, argued in one of his campaign ads.
Larson countered by touting his experience and his record as a fighter in Congress.
“We are a country in absolute crisis. We need our toughest fighters. I’ve taken on Trump, DOGE, and ICE, and won,” Larson wrote in a social media post.
Larson joined Reps. Al Green of Texas, Diana DeGette of Colorado, Adriano Espaillat of New York and Shri Thanedar of Michigan, who also fell to younger primary challengers.
The generational battle will likely play out on a larger stage in a couple of weeks, as 47-year-old Rep. Seth Moulton challenges 80-year-old Sen. Ed Markey, a progressive leader, in the party’s Senate primary in Democrat-dominated Massachusetts.
Split decision for Trump
Backed by Trump, appointed Sen. Darline Graham captured the most votes in Tuesday’s special Republican Senate primary in South Carolina, in the race to succeed her brother, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham.
But with no candidate topping 50% of the vote, Graham will face off in a runoff in two weeks with Rep. Ralph Norman, who came in second. Rep. Russell Fry and former Gov. and former Rep. Mark Sanford, as well as other contenders, fell short in the special primary, which was held one month to the day after the longtime senator suddenly died at age 71.
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“I want to thank President Trump, his steadfast support and his complete and total endorsement means so much to me. He knows that I will stand with him and fight for his agenda, just like Lindsey did,” Graham said at her primary night event.
Norman, who unsuccessfully campaigned this year for the GOP gubernatorial nomination in the race to succeed term-limited South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, is a Trump ally in the House and also showcased his support for the president in his Senate campaign.
Trump’s sway over the GOP remains immense, and the power of his endorsements in Republican primaries faced another test in South Carolina, which the president passed.
But the Trump endorsement hasn’t proven to be a sure bet this cycle in solidly-red South Carolina.
Trump backed Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette for the GOP gubernatorial nomination — in the race to succeed the term-limited McMaster — ahead of the state’s early June primary.
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Evette was the top vote-getter in the primary but lost the ensuing runoff election against South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson in a landslide. And Trump, ever hungry for a victory, endorsed Wilson in addition to Evette days before the runoff.
The big question going forward is whether Graham will suffer the same fate as Evette.
The winner of the Senate runoff election in two weeks will be considered the clear front-runner in the solidly red state in the midterms against Democratic nominee Annie Andrews, a pediatrician.
Meanwhile, Trump suffered a rare endorsement setback in Minnesota.
Mike Lindell, the MyPillow founder and former CEO who is a close Trump ally who joined the president in denying former PresidentJoe Biden’s victory in the 2020 White House race, had Trump’s backing. But Lindell lost the Minnesota Republican gubernatorial primary to state House Speaker Lisa Demuth.
Paul Steinhauser covers the national campaign trail from coast to coast for Fox News
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