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哥伦比亚广播公司新闻预测，温和派民主党人戴维·克劳利将赢得本党威斯康星州州长候选人提名，以微弱优势爆冷击败此前被广泛视为竞选领跑者的民主社会主义者弗朗西斯卡·洪。
克劳利将在11月的大选中与共和党籍众议员汤姆·蒂法尼对决。
克劳利克服了重重不利因素，尤其是他在7月短暂暂停竞选。不过他也获得了连任两届的民主党州长托尼·埃弗斯的支持，而洪则因旧社交媒体帖子曝光遭遇负面舆论冲击。
克劳利的胜利扭转了近期密歇根、纽约和科罗拉多州民主党初选中进步派候选人获胜的趋势。
2026年8月10日，威斯康星州民主党州长候选人戴维·克劳利在密尔沃基的竞选集会上与支持者打招呼。斯科特·奥尔森 / 盖蒂图片社
威斯康星州州长职位是两党争夺的最重要席位之一，尤其是在埃弗斯宣布不寻求连任的情况下。2024年特朗普以不到1个百分点的优势赢得该州，而威斯康星州是仅有的两个分别拥有一名民主党参议员和一名共和党参议员的州之一（缅因州的独立参议员安格斯·金与民主党团结合作，该州另一名参议员则是共和党人苏珊·柯林斯）。
前副州长曼德拉·巴恩斯曾在2022年参议院选举中以1个百分点的差距输给参议员罗恩·约翰逊，他也参与了本次竞选，其他候选人还包括副州长萨拉·罗德里格斯、密尔沃基县行政长官戴维·克劳利以及州议员、前厨师弗朗西斯卡·洪。
但竞选格局在7月发生了彻底转变：克劳利退出竞选并转而支持被视为更偏向建制派的罗德里格斯。但几天后罗德里格斯就退出了竞选，因为她发现自己的竞选账户存款比此前预估的要少。
尽管巴恩斯作为进步派候选人在2022年参议院初选中意外获胜，并曾在2018年赢得全州选举，成为该州首位黑人副州长，但比他更左倾的洪后来居上，成为了竞选领跑者。
鉴于威斯康星州选民面临极左的候选人选择，克劳利随后宣布以中间派民主党人的身份重返竞选。他在上个月的一场辩论中表示，他最初退出竞选是基于数据做出的决定，但“我们当时依据的是虚假数据”，这促使他重返竞选。
巴恩斯随后在7月30日——初选不到两周前——宣布退出竞选，他称“目前局势已经非常明朗，民主党候选人将是弗朗西斯卡·洪”。巴恩斯宣布退选之际，《密尔沃基哨兵报》正在调查他利用党内职务之便与年轻女性发生性关系的指控。巴恩斯尚未回应这些指控，也未被指控任何罪行。
这使得竞选主要在克劳利和洪之间展开，进一步将这场竞选推向全国聚光灯下。洪2019年至2021年的旧社交媒体帖子被曝光：她呼吁解散警察部门、废除移民海关执法局（ICE）和美国参议院，诋毁威斯康星州乡村地区受欢迎的连锁餐厅库尔弗斯里“太多不会说英语的老白人”，还呼吁“取消感恩节”。洪后来改口称不再主张废除参议院，并在上周告诉《政治报》，感恩节是她最喜爱的节日。
In upset, moderate David Crowley defeats democratic socialist Francesca Hong in Wisconsin gubernatorial primary
2026-08-12T03:51:49-0400 / CBS News
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Moderate Democrat David Crowley will win his party’s primary for Wisconsin governor, CBS News projects, in a narrow, upset victory over Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist who was widely viewed as a frontrunner in the race.
Crowley will face GOP Rep. Tom Tiffany on the ballot in November.
Crowley overcame significant headwinds, especially after he briefly suspended his campaign in July. But he also had the backing of two-term Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Hong had suffered from negative press as old social media posts had come to light.
Crowley’s win reversed the recent trend of progressive wins in Democratic primaries in Michigan, New York and Colorado.
Democratic Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate David Crowley greets supporters at a campaign rally on August 10, 2026 in Milwaukee. Scott Olson / Getty Images
The governor’s mansion in Wisconsin is one of the biggest prizes for both parties, especially with Evers’ decision not to run for reelection. President Trump won by less than 1 point in 2024 and Wisconsin is one of only two states with one Democratic senator and one Republican senator. (In Maine, independent Sen. Angus King caucuses with Democrats, while the state’s other senator is GOP Sen. Susan Collins.)
Former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, who lost the 2022 Senate race against Sen. Ron Johnson by one point, had thrown his hat in the ring, as well as Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley and Francesca Hong, a state lawmaker and former chef.
But the race started to take a completely different shape in July, when Crowley dropped his bid and threw his support behind Rodriguez, who was considered more of an establishment candidate. But Rodriguez dropped out days later after discovering her campaign had less money in the bank than previously believed.
Although Barnes had pulled out a surprise victory in the 2022 Senate primary as a progressive candidate and had previously won statewide in 2018, becoming the state’s first Black lieutenant governor, Hong, who was to his left, had risen to be the frontrunner.
With Wisconsin voters facing those hard-left choices on the ballot, Crowley then announced he would return to the campaign trail as a centrist Democrat. Crowley said in a debate last month that he initially made the decision to drop out based on data, but “we were going off false data,” prompting him to return to the race.
Barnes then announced on July 30 — less than two weeks before the primary — that he would be dropping his bid, saying, “it’s becoming very clear who the Democratic nominee is going to be,” pointing to Hong. Barnes’ announcement came as the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel was investigating allegations that he was taking advantage of his role in the party to have sexual encounters with young adult women. Barnes has not addressed the allegations and has not been accused of any crimes.
That left the contest mainly between Crowley and Hong, thrusting the race even more into the national spotlight. Hong’s old social media posts from 2019 to 2021 have come to light: She called for defunding the police and abolishing ICE and the U.S. Senate, disparaged that there were “too many old white people who didn’t think we spoke English” at a rural location of Wisconsin favored chain Culver’s and called to “cancel Thanksgiving.” Hong has walked back the abolition of the Senate, and told Politico last week that Thanksgiving is her favorite holiday.