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Francesca Hong Stands Alone Advocating Police Abolition in Wisconsin Primary

5/22/2026

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Francesca Hong remains the only major Democratic Wisconsin gubernatorial hopeful who still advocates police abolition.
She stays in the Democratic primary while rivals Abdul El-Sayed, Nithya Raman and Zohran Mamdani have rejected defund-the-police positions she maintains.
Republican opponents highlight her past social-media posts on police abolition and a 2020 tweet criticizing fast-food executives’ influence on food policy to portray her as far left.

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Francesca Hong remains the only major Democratic Wisconsin gubernatorial hopeful who still advocates police abolition.
She stays in the Democratic primary while rivals Abdul El-Sayed, Nithya Raman and Zohran Mamdani have rejected defund-the-police positions she maintains.
Republican opponents highlight her past social-media posts on police abolition and a 2020 tweet criticizing fast-food executives’ influence on food policy to portray her as far left.