DSA member leads Dem primary in Midwest battleground but trails likely GOP nominee: poll

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong was asked about appearing on far-left Twitch streamer Hasan Piker's livestream on MS NOW Wednesday. A socialist-backed candidate is leading the field in a high-stakes Democratic gubernatorial showdown in battleground Wisconsin. Wisconsin state Rep. Francesca Hong, a Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member, stands at 26% support among voters likely to cast a ballot in the state's Aug. 11 Democratic primary for governor, according to a Marquette Law School poll released this week. Former Democratic Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, who narrowly lost the state's 2022 U.S. Senate election to GOP Sen. Ron Johnson, stood in second place in the survey at 15%, with nearly half of those questioned still undecided. Hong and Barnes are part of a crowded field of Democrats in the race to succeed retiring D