# Early in-person voting begins in chaotic Wisconsin governor’s race

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/early-in-person-voting-begins-in-chaotic-wisconsin-governors-race/
- Published: 2026-07-28T15:59:56+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-28T17:44:00+00:00
- Original publisher: The Hill (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5994147-wisconsin-gubernatorial-primary-democratic-party-early-voting/
- Topics: Art, Culture, Elections, Europe, Geopolitics, Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Early voting starts amid Democratic primary turmoil.
- Withdrawals left some postal voters unable to recast ballots.
- The August primary could shape a key swing-state contest.

## Summary

Early in-person voting has begun in Wisconsin’s Democratic primary for governor, after a series of campaign withdrawals and reversals unsettled an already crowded contest. The result matters nationally because Wisconsin is a closely divided swing state, and Democratic disunity could affect the party’s prospects in the November election for an open governorship.

State Representative Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist, is seeking to hold off rivals including former Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes and Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, who re-entered the race with outgoing Governor Tony Evers’s endorsement. Lieutenant Governor Sara Rodriguez withdrew after campaign-finance problems, leaving some voters who had already returned postal ballots for her unable to change them; the primary is on 11 August, while Republican Tom Tiffany faces only nominal opposition.

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