NYTIMES (Ruth Igielnik and Caroline Soler) - Polling Firm Released Fake Data in Hong and Bass Races as a ‘Social Experiment’
Median Strategies revealed that recent polls from the firm were intended to expose how easily false results can be spread.
JUSTTHENEWS (Ben Whedon) - Hong endorses Crowley after upset loss in WI governor primary
Hong had been the favored candidate in nearly every poll, though Crowley managed to narrowly edge her out on Tuesday evening.
REDSTATE (Sister Toldjah) - Shock: Dem Establishment's Crowley Defeats DSA-Backed Hong in Photo Finish Wisconsin Gov Primary
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Democratic socialist Hong loses to moderate Crowley in Wisconsin governor primary: AP
After Hong conceded the race, her campaign manager Beckey Cooper said she was "proud of the race we ran."
AXIOS (Holly Otterbein) - Bernie's revolution gets a test run for 2028 in Michigan and Wisconsin
LA CROSSE, Wis. — Progressive insurgents Francesca Hong and Abdul El-Sayed want to shake up the next race for the White House — a notion that will likely petrify many top Democrats. Why it matters: They aren't running for president — they're vying for statewide office this year in presidential battlegrounds, and their campaigns are closely watched tests of the Bernie Sanders–style populism they want their party to embrace in 2028 . - It's a question that has haunted Democrats for a decade: Is America ready for a full-on left turn in politics, like what Sanders pitched when he ran for president in 2016 ? - The prospect worries many old-guard Democrats who fear Hong and El-Sayed can't win a November general election. Driving the…