# Wisconsin result halts Democratic Party’s left-wing winning streak

https://mins.news/en/item/20015

- BBC News, 2026-08-12 09:55 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9347ezzwljo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Centrist David Crowley is projected to defeat democratic socialist Francesca Hong in Wisconsin. The result breaks a recent nationwide pattern of victories for the Democratic Party’s left wing. It marks a setback for that faction in the state contest and interrupts its run of success across the country.

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