They spent millions to help Hong win Democratic primary for governor, then began attacking her.

While Hong and many of her supporters will work this fall to elect Crowley, the movement they have cooked up has every potential to extend beyond this election year.

Crowley had a chance to differentiate himself from Tiffany on an issue that is a fiery one and crosses political lines besides, but he punted

David Crowley is showing major league political smarts as the Democratic nominee for the Wisconsin governorship. He has signaled a double-barreled campaign.

Nonprofit organizations are failing and will need change to succeed in helping the people they serve.

Hong and Crowley largely support the same progressive agenda that would increase public school funding, advance environmental protection, and rebuild a strong and compassionate safety net, among other aspirations. And Crowley, more than Evers, should have a better chance of success with the likelihood of a more supportive Legislature.

Now that the Aug. 11 Wisconsin primary is over, what is in the future for the Democratic gubernatorial candidates?

Our post-election deep-dive breakdown on everything from David Crowley’s comeback to Francesca Hong’s campaign to how the race was won to the looming electability question and everything in between.

Did it occur to the people wringing their hands that the outcome was more about how voters in the Democratic primary see themselves and their future than what the commentators and pollsters decreed?

Throughout her campaign, right-wing media and social media users have shown blatant anti-Asian racism toward Hong.

Final five elections replace the closed partisan primaries with one open primary where every candidate competes and the top five advance, regardless of party. November is then decided by an instant runoff, so the winner must earn a real majority. No spoilers. No wasted votes. And no more hoping the establishment can protect us from the fringe by a few thousand votes.

A breakthrough class of weight-loss drugs is transforming lives, but for many Americans, cost and insurance coverage remain the biggest barriers to treatment.

Too often, our culture sends the message that success is defined by a four-year degree. Wisconsin’s economy tells a different story.

Most of the current regents have very little knowledge (or any interest in learning) how things work on our campuses, how they could work better, or even the educational needs of our students.

Madisonians should want to preserve human life as a priority, while also recognizing humanity includes police, especially their families. My hope is that future use of body cameras will help assist people and police with improved relationships.

Johnson increasingly acts like Joe McCarthy with fearmongering and bold-faced lies.

Here is a doctor who could have made millions in private practice, instead devoting 50-plus years to working a civil service job. Acknowledged as the man who tackled the AIDS crisis, now he’s being dragged through the political mud in his retirement years.

“Price transparency” is a phrase used by politicians right and left to oversimplify real problems with healthcare costs, access and delivery in the United States. This fall’s campaigns for state and federal offices should move beyond that social media meme to a debate that respects the public’s ability to comprehend.

A Democratic Midwestern governor moves quickly to save his party from socialism.