Wisconsin race tight: Key takeaways from US primary election results

Trump-backed candidates both win and lose: Results from Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Carolina and Alabama. Democratic socialist Francesca Hong and centrist David Crowley are neck-and-neck in swing state Wisconsin’s Democratic gubernatorial primary election held on Tuesday. The Democratic race in Wisconsin reflects a wider, ongoing battle inside the Democratic primaries between mainstream, “establishment” candidates, referred to as “moderates” by Democrats, and more left-wing, “progressive” democratic socialists. Besides Wisconsin, Alabama, Connecticut, Minnesota, South Carolina and Vermont also conducted primary elections on Tuesday. In Vermont’s Democratic gubernatorial race, Amanda Janoo won with 49.1 percent of the vote, while Aly Richards trailed behind with 46.5 percent of the vote, with about 98 percent votes counted, according to The Associated Press.

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