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.

A tax-and-spend liberal from Milwaukee, where the schools are some of the worst in the nation — that is the person Democrats have nominated for governor in Wisconsin.

Our democracy depends on candidates who compete honestly, election officials who administer the law fairly and voters who take the time to become informed before casting their ballots.

Democrats need to understand something that political institutions are often slow to accept: fear politics may have worked for them for decades, but the overwhelming support for a candidate like Francesca Hong should tell them that it is not working for them anymore.

A lawsuit should not be the only mechanism that forces us to ask difficult questions. The public should not have to wonder whether an officer will be treated differently simply because they wear a badge.

Sales tax exemption isn’t a subsidy but a common shield against increasing consumers’ prices with hidden levies.