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0 Share Newsweek is a Trust Project member See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. State Representative Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist, is locked in a tight race against Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, the party establishment's chosen candidate, in Wisconsin's gubernatorial primary.
The race remains too early to call, with Crowley leading Hong by about 2,000 votes—or 0.4 percent—with 98 percent of the votes counted as of 2 a.m. local time.
Both candidates were waiting for the final ballots to come in before announcing next steps. If the margin is less than 1 percentage point, the losing candidate can seek a recount.
Elections officials said shortly before midnight that the results of roughly 28,000 absentee ballots from Milwaukee, which could determine the outcome of the race, would be delayed.
Paulina Gutiérrez, the executive director of the Milwaukee Election Commission, told reporters an issue had arisen during the downloading of the ballots, which she attributed to "human error." The results were not expected to be posted until early Wednesday.
"We have built something that will change politics forever," Hong told supporters late on Tuesday night. "The work we have done will be remembered forever. I know we don't have the final results right now, but what I do know is we are ready to keep fighting."
"We're still waiting for all the results to come in," the Crowley campaign said early on Wednesday. "We feel optimistic, but it's not over until the votes are counted."
The winner of the primary is set to take on Republican U.S. Representative Tom Tiffany in November in an open election that could test the limits of progressives' appeal in a critical battleground state.
Democrats are hoping to capitalize on low approval ratings for President Donald Trump in a state he won in 2016 and 2024 to retain control of the governor's office and flip both chambers of the Legislature to gain full control of Wisconsin state government for the first time since 2010.
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