If every Wisconsin donor was a voter in the party primary, Francesca Hong won nearly half (49.5%) of them! She also has Tom Tiffany beat single handedly, and all Democrats combined are whooping the Republicans combined.  

There are a diversity of tactics to opposing ICE. All of the protesting on the ground is important, even when it feels like it isn’t. There is an abundance of shit to stand against in 2026, but we have to keep focused and combine efforts where applicable. “The wrong Amazon is burning. The wrong ICE is melting.”

Stripping affordability from criticism of capitalism and inequality is how centrists will try and steal fire from left populists, and flatten the clear differences between candidates. In the process, they render political discourse meaningless.

As in 2018, the humanitarian crisis in Wisconsin prisons could play a big part in Wisconsin’s 2026 governor and legislative races. It should be easy to create a strong contrast with the absurd and inhumane Republican position, but Democratic candidates will have to distance themselves from eight disastrous years of Democratic control of the DOC under Tony Evers.

We’re betting that Francesca Hong will not only re-invigorate disillusioned Democrats and left activists to whoop her milquetoast rivals in the primary, but will also tap into anti-elite sentiment across the political spectrum to clobber Tiffany in the general. It looks like she’s got a good start on both.

To Sara Rodriguez, what will you do differently than our current Governor? Using obstruction as an excuse for not accomplishing more progressive wins won’t cut it. This question needs to be asked of every single candidate in the race for governor, and if Democratic messaging tries to tell us that things are going great in Wisconsin already, they need to be laughed at.