After Michigan, Democrats' next battleground over the party's future shifts to Wisconsin
- Wisconsin's gubernatorial primary features David Crowley, endorsed by Governor Tony Evers, and democratic socialist Francesca Hong.
- The primary follows a recent victory by progressive Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan's U.S. Senate primary.
- Crowley aims to appeal to undecided voters and is optimistic about his chances after El-Sayed's narrow win.
- Voters in Minnesota are also participating in a U.S. Senate primary with a centrist and a progressive candidate.
NEW GLARUS, Wis. (AP) — Sarah Miller, a software engineer from the liberal stronghold of Madison, has heard all of the chatter about a civil war in the Democratic Party between progressives and moderates. But all she cares about is winning. That’s why Miller said she is voting in Tuesday’s gubernatorial primary for David Crowley, the Milwaukee County executive endorsed by two-term Gov. Tony Evers.
Crowley faces democratic socialist Francesca Hong in a contest that will be the latest test nationally of how far Democrats are willing to swing to the political left. Wisconsin’s primary comes a week after progressive Abdul El-Sayed narrowly defeated Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan’s U.S. Senate primary, setting up a crucial test for progressives in November in a key battleground state.
Crowley is hoping to buck the trend in Wisconsin, banking on the support of Evers, one of the state’s most popular elected officials, to make up ground in the waning days of the chaotic primary. Crowley said that El-Sayed’s slim margin of victory “does give me a little bit of hope.”
在密歇根州之后，民主党未来的下一个战场转向威斯康星州
威斯康星州新格拉鲁斯（美联社）——来自自由派重镇麦迪逊的软件工程师莎拉·米勒听说了关于民主党内部进步派与温和派之间的“内战”的讨论。但她关心的只是胜利。这就是米勒表示她将在周二的州长初选中投票支持戴维·克劳利的原因，克劳利是获得两届州长托尼·埃弗斯支持的密尔沃基县执行官。
克劳利将在这场竞选中与民主社会主义者弗朗西斯卡·洪对决，这将成为全国范围内检验民主党在政治左翼上能走多远的最新考验。威斯康星州的初选在进步派阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德在密歇根州美国参议院初选中以微弱优势击败众议员哈莉·史蒂文斯一周后举行，为进步派在11月的关键战斗州设定了重要考验。
克劳利希望在威斯康星州逆转这一趋势，依靠埃弗斯的支持，争取在混乱的初选最后阶段弥补差距。克劳利表示，埃尔-赛义德微弱的胜利“确实给了我一点希望。”