Posted on 05/30/2026 8:31:30 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
In the crowded Democratic field running to replace Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, there’s a surprising frontrunner for a battleground state: a democratic-socialist line cook who has called to abolish the police.
Francesca Hong, a 37-year-old restaurant owner and single mother who became the state’s first Asian-American assembly member in 2021, has surged to the lead in several early polls after launching a long-shot bid on a deeply progressive platform.
Hong is part of an array of lefty candidates with working-class credentials running in competitive states and districts up and down the ballot in this year’s midterm elections — a crop emboldened by the popularity of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a turn toward economic populism amid widespread cost-of-living concerns.
Abdul El-Sayed is running from the left of Haley Stevens and Mallory McMorrow in the competitive Michigan Senate primary. Zach Wahls, who is backed by Elizabeth Warren, is locked in a tight contest against the Chuck Schumer-supported Josh Turek for Iowa’s Senate nomination. In Colorado’s 8th District, where Dems see a flip opportunity, Manny Rutinel is running against the more moderate Shannon Bird. And last month, Graham Platner got a boost when Schumer-endorsed Maine Gov. Janet Mills dropped out of the race to oust GOP Sen. Susan Collins.
Establishment Democrats worry that these figures — whose platforms play well among primary voters but could bite them in a general election — might spoil the midterms at a time when the party has the wind at its back, desperate to claw its way out of the wilderness and still weary of the “woke” allegations that Republicans effectively wielded against Kamala Harris.
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Let’s hope swing states are labeled swing states because enough voters, most of the time, aren’t dum basses!
It’s just matter of time. 5 years. 10 years. Another generation or two. By and large, Americans have no fight in them to prevent the takeover of our country.
“… a turn toward economic populism amid widespread cost-of-living concerns.”
LOL…nothing guarantees an abundance of goods at fair market prices like communism.
Economic populism?
Psalm 9:17
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
Because the government has taken it out of them. You don’t have time to rebel if you’re trying to survive.
Rodger’s is going to romp in MI.
Our problem is Chicago liberals bolster and assist the liberal cheating systems in Madison and Milwaukee. They keep getting away with the 3am dumps of bs.
Socialism’s next test: swing states
Biden & Co. and 20 million illegals mum comrdes.
Eileen just got popped for being a chicom spy. Time to check out Fran.
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