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民主党社会主义者组织支持的弗朗西斯卡·洪领跑威斯康星州州长竞选，佩吉·弗拉纳根与安吉·克雷格在明尼苏达州展开角逐
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威斯康星州民主党州长候选人弗朗西斯卡·洪在接受达娜·佩里诺采访时为自己过往有争议的社交媒体帖子辩护。洪谈到了自己对削减警方预算、废除移民海关执法局（ICE）以及其社会主义竞选纲领的支持。最新民调显示，洪以三个百分点的差距落后共和党对手汤姆·蒂法尼，而竞选财务报告显示两位候选人之间存在巨大的筹款差距。
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左翼与中左翼建制派之间关于民主党意识形态未来的争斗正集中在中西部地区。
极左翼候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德本周在密歇根州竞争激烈的民主党参议院初选中以微弱优势击败更为温和的众议员黑利·史蒂文斯后，舆论焦点现在转向下周威斯康星州和明尼苏达州的提名对决。
这场角逐的关键：明尼苏达州一场顶级参议院对决，这是全国十余个将决定民主党能否从共和党手中夺回参议院控制权的竞选之一；以及关键摇摆州威斯康星州的州长对阵，共和党正力争拿下州长职位。
“密歇根证明了劳动人民已经准备好寻求改变，威斯康星将是下一个，”民主党州长候选人弗朗西斯卡·洪在埃尔-赛义德获胜后写道。
埃尔-赛义德的胜利为民主党左倾趋势注入更多动力
阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德，密歇根州联邦参议院民主党初选的进步派候选人，2026年8月5日周三在底特律皇家大剧院的初选选举夜活动上发表讲话。（朱莉娅·德马雷·尼基森/美联社照片）
洪是州众议员，也是美国民主社会主义者组织（DSA）成员，在民主党州长提名对决中是民调领跑者。今年夏天，两名主要竞争者退出竞选，另有一名候选人重新参选，让这场初选蒙上阴影。
初选获胜者将大概率在大选中对阵共和党众议员汤姆·蒂法尼。蒂法尼在共和党州长提名竞选中是民调和筹款方面的绝对领跑者，这场竞选将接替决定不竞选第三任期的民主党州长托尼·埃弗斯的职位。
洪曾是一名厨师，得到了多位全国知名进步人士的支持，包括明尼苏达州众议员伊尔汗·奥马尔以及可能参加2028年民主党总统竞选的加利福尼亚州众议员罗·卡纳。
她的竞选纲领包括保障带薪休假，以及在威斯康星州暂停建设人工智能数据中心一年。洪因多年前呼吁削减警方预算、废除警察局的社交媒体帖子受到审查。洪表示，她不再支持削减警察预算或解散警察部门。
认识2026年中期选举中向民主党宣战的极左翼反叛者
2026年8月2日，在密尔沃基的一场竞选集会上，威斯康星州州长候选人弗朗西斯卡·洪聆听明尼苏达州民主党众议员伊尔汗·奥马尔发言后被介绍上台。（约什·洛特/盖蒂图片社）
但洪最近因一则2020年重新浮出水面的社交媒体帖子登上全国头条，她当时称美国应该“取消感恩节”，以“停止庆祝殖民主义和曾杀死原住民及女性的原始超级传播事件”。她随后在 backlash 中收回了这一言论，现在表示感恩节是她“最喜欢的节日”。
越来越多温和派民主党人担忧，如果如许多人预期的那样洪拿下州长提名，将极大帮助蒂法尼竞选州长职位。
一位要求匿名以便畅所欲言的威斯康星州民主党策略师认为，让洪作为本党最高候选人参选，“会损害民主党在中西部战场州的下议院选举、关键国会和立法选举中的表现”。
同样在下周二举行初选的明尼苏达州，民主党内部的内战也显露无遗：进步派副州长佩吉·弗拉纳根与更为温和的众议员安吉·克雷格作为两大顶级竞争者角逐本党提名。现任民主党参议员蒂娜·史密斯将于今年年底退休。
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明尼苏达州副州长佩吉·弗拉纳根是2026年8月11日本州民主党参议院初选中的两大顶级竞争者之一。（曼德尔·恩根/法新社 via 盖蒂图片社）
得到进步派领袖、佛蒙特州参议员伯尼·桑德斯和马萨诸塞州参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦支持的弗拉纳根如果在初选中获胜，可能会助力共和党在这个倾向民主党但竞争激烈的州拿下该参议院席位。
密歇根州初选之前，今年春季和初夏全国各地深蓝国会选区的民主党初选中左翼已取得胜利，包括纽约市和丹佛的选区，以及缅因州民主党参议院提名的漫长角逐。
密歇根州参议院初选花费超8000万美元，成为史上花费最高的民主党参议院提名竞选。大部分资金来自支持史蒂文斯或反对埃尔-赛义德的外部团体。最大的支出方是联合民主项目（United Democracy Project），这是一个与美国以色列公共事务委员会（AIPAC）结盟的政治行动委员会，该委员会以其缩写AIPAC为人熟知。
进步派变革竞选委员会（PCCC）的联合创始人亚当·格林是左翼领先团体的成员，他提到埃尔-赛义德以微弱优势击败史蒂文斯，并告诉福克斯新闻数字频道：“任何击败由AIPAC和企业利益集团投入6000万美元外部资金的竞选，都是一场巨大的胜利，这将为我们在11月证明我们的主张、撼动现有体制铺平道路。”
埃尔-赛义德以微弱优势获胜的同时，还有另外两场进步派胜利。
在密歇根州第七国会选区，气候倡导组织“日出运动”的联合创始人威廉·劳伦斯以微弱优势击败另外两名温和派民主党人。该选区是共和党掌控的摇摆席位，也是预计将决定众议院控制权的约24场竞选之一。
得到桑德斯、埃尔-赛义德以及多个知名进步团体支持的劳伦斯，将在大选中对阵共和党众议员汤姆·巴雷特。
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2026年8月2日，密歇根州民主党国会候选人州众议员多诺万·麦金尼在底特律的竞选活动上发言。（保罗·斯坦豪瑟/福克斯新闻）
在密歇根州深蓝的第十三国会选区，得到众议院民主党高层支持的众议员什里·塔纳德以微弱劣势被州众议员多诺万·麦金尼击败。麦金尼得到了桑德斯、埃尔-赛义德以及“国会进步党团”成员明尼苏达州众议员伊尔汗·奥马尔、马萨诸塞州众议员艾亚娜·普雷斯利和宾夕法尼亚州众议员萨默·李的支持。
极左翼遭遇了一次挫折：美国民主社会主义者组织成员、前“国会进步党团”成员、密苏里州前众议员科里·布什在重赛中被民主党众议员韦斯利·贝尔彻底击败，她试图夺回代表圣路易斯的原国会席位的尝试以失败告终。
但埃尔-赛义德的胜利以及下周左翼可能取得的胜利，进一步推动了共和党持续推动的叙事：将所有中期选举参选的民主党人描述为极左翼激进分子，或者正如唐纳德·特朗普总统所称的“共产党人”。
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El-Sayed win kicks Democrats’ Midwest ideological battle into high gear — and some Dems fear November fallout
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DSA-backed Francesca Hong leads Wisconsin governor race as Peggy Flanagan and Angie Craig battle in Minnesota
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Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong defends her past controversial social media posts during an interview with Dana Perino. Hong discusses her support for defunding police, abolishing ICE and her socialist platform. Recent polling shows Hong trailing her Republican opponent Tom Tiffany by three percentage points as campaign finance reports reveal a massive fundraising gap between the candidates.
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The battle between the left-wing and the center-left establishment for the ideological future of the Democratic Party is staying put in the Midwest.
After far-left candidate Abdul El-Sayed narrowly edged out more moderate Rep. Haley Stevens this week in battleground Michigan’s high-stakes Democratic Senate primary, the spotlight now shifts to nomination showdowns next week in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
At stake: a top-tier Senate showdown in Minnesota that’s among a dozen races nationwide that will determine if the Democrats can win back control of the chamber from the GOP, and a gubernatorial face-off in crucial swing-state Wisconsin where Republicans are aiming to flip the governor’s mansion.
“Michigan proved that working people are ready for something different, and Wisconsin is next,” Democratic candidate for governor Francesca Hong wrote following El-Sayed’s victory.
EL-SAYED’S VICTORY GIVES DEMOCRATS’ LEFTWARD LURCH MORE LEGS
Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, speaks during a primary election night event Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, at the Majestic Theatre in Detroit.(Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)
Hong, a state representative and Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member, is the polling frontrunner in a Democratic gubernatorial nomination showdown that’s been rocked this summer after two major contenders dropped out and another candidate re-entered the race.
The primary winner will likely face off in the general election with Republican Rep. Tom Tiffany, the overwhelming polling and fundraising frontrunner for the GOP gubernatorial nomination, in the race to succeed Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who decided against running for a third term.
Hong, a former chef, is backed by top nationally known progressives, including Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Ro Khanna of California, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential contender.
She is running on a platform that includes guaranteed paid leave 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. Hong says she no longer supports cutting police budgets or abolishing police departments.
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Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong listens to Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speak before being introduced during a campaign rally on Aug. 2, 2026 in Milwaukee.(Joshua Lott/Getty Images)
But Hong’s made national headlines in recent days over a resurfaced 2020 social media post that the country should “cancel Thanksgiving” in order to “stop celebrating colonialism and the original superspreader event that killed Indegenous folx [sic.] and women.” It’s a comment she has since walked back amid backlash, and now says that Thanksgiving is her “favorite holiday.”
There’s a growing number of moderate Democrats who worry that if Hong captures the gubernatorial nomination, as many expect, it will give Tiffany a big boost in his bid to flip the governor’s office.
A Wisconsin-based Democratic strategist who asked to remain anonymous to speak more freely argued with Hong at the top of the ticket, “it will hurt Democrats down ballot, in key congressional and legislative races” in the Midwestern battleground.
In Minnesota, which also holds primaries next Tuesday, the Democratic Party’s civil war is also on display as progressive Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and more moderate Rep. Angie Craig are the top two contenders battling for the party’s nomination. The current senator, Democrat Tina Smith, is retiring at the end of this year.
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Peggy Flanagan, Minnesota’s lieutenant governor, is one of the top two contenders for the Democratic Senate nomination in the state’s Aug. 11, 2026 primary.(Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
A primary victory by Flanagan, who is backed by progressive champions Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, may boost the GOP hopes of flipping the seat in a blue-leaning but competitive state.
Michigan’s primary came in the wake of left-wing victories in Democratic primaries this spring and earlier this summer in deep blue congressional districts across the country, including in New York City and Denver, and in the extended race for Maine’s Democratic Senate nomination.
More than $80 million was spent on the Michigan Senate primary, making it the most expensive Democratic Senate nomination contest in history. Much of the money came from outside groups supporting Stevens or opposing El-Sayed. The largest spender was United Democracy Project, a political action committee aligned with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which is best known by its acronym AIPAC.
Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC), a leading group on the left, referred to El-Sayed’s narrow margin over Stevens and told Fox News Digital that “any win against $60 million dollars of outside spending by AIPAC and corporate interests is a giant win and sets us on a path of proving our case in November to shake up the system.”
El-Sayed’s razor-thin win was accompanied by two other progressive victories.
William Lawrence, a co-founder of the Sunrise Movement climate advocacy group, edged out two more moderate Democrats in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District, a Republican-controlled swing seat that is among roughly two dozen races expected to help determine control of the House.
Lawrence, who was backed by Sanders and El-Sayed as well as several prominent progressive groups, will face Republican Rep. Tom Barrett in the general election.
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State Rep. Donovan McKinney, a Democratic congressional candidate in Michigan, speaks at a campaign event in Detroit, Michigan on August 2, 2026.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
And in Michigan’s heavily Democratic 13th Congressional District, Rep. Shri Thanedar, who was supported by top House Democratic leaders, was narrowly defeated by state Rep. Donovan McKinney. McKinney was backed by Sanders, El-Sayed and “Squad” members Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Summer Lee of Pennsylvania.
There was a setback for the far-left: DSA member and former Squad member former Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri was crushed by Democratic Rep. Wesley Bell in their rematch, as she unsuccessfully tried to win back her old seat in Congress representing St. Louis.
But El-Sayed’s victory and the potential wins by the left next week are further fueling the ongoing Republican push to characterize all Democrats on the ballot in the midterms as far left radicals, or as President Donald Trump calls them, “communists.”
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Vice President JD Vance, in an interview Wednesday on Fox News “The Ingraham Angle,” argued that “the base of the Democratic Party just wants radicals. It wants these DSA types, it wants people who hate even the idea of private property ownership.”
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Whether the GOP messaging is effective will be answered on Election Night, in November’s midterms.
Paul Steinhauser covers the national campaign trail from coast to coast for Fox News
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