威斯康星州民主党将于8月11日举行州长初选，由民主社会主义者、现任州议员弗朗切斯卡·洪与其他三位候选人竞争提名[1]。洪于2020年首次当选州众议院议员[1]，在玛奎特大学法学院7月晚期的民调中处于领先地位，但仍有大量选民未做决定[1]。
现任州长托尼·艾弗斯支持密尔沃基郡长大卫·克劳利，声称其在摇摆州更具竞选力[1]。克劳利于7月18日重新入选[1]。另外两位主要候选人为州参议员凯尔达·罗伊斯和前州行政部门主任乔尔·布伦南[1]。洪的政策主张包括全民托儿服务、免费学校餐饮和对数据中心建设实施一年暂停令[1]。
民主党提名者将在11月的大选中面对共和党初选胜者汤姆·蒂芬尼[1]。蒂芬尼是众议院共和党人，曾于2020年反对认证选举结果[1]。这场初选反映了中西部民主党内部关于进步派与建制派路线的持续分歧[1]。
Wisconsin Democrats will hold their gubernatorial primary election on Tuesday, August 11, selecting from four major candidates in what has become a broader ideological contest within the party [1]. Democratic socialist Francesca Hong, a state legislator first elected to the Wisconsin Assembly in 2020, is leading in the race, according to a late-July Marquette University Law School poll, though a significant portion of voters remain undecided [1].
Hong's platform includes universal childcare, free school meals, and a one-year moratorium on data center construction [1]. She faces competition from David Crowley, Milwaukee County Executive, who was renominated on July 18 and has the backing of incumbent Governor Tony Evers, who argues that Crowley presents a stronger general election candidate in the swing state [1]. The other two leading contenders are state Senator Kelda Roys and Joel Brennan, a former state administration official [1].
The Democratic primary reflects a broader wave of contests between progressive and establishment-aligned candidates in Midwestern Democratic races [1]. On the Republican side, Tom Tiffany, a U.S. Representative who voted against certifying the 2020 election results, won the GOP primary [1].