MAJOR UPSET: Dem socialist's bid COLLAPSES

[0:04] So overnight, moderate Democrat David Crowley narrowly defeating Democratic Socialist Francesca Hong [0:09] in that Wisconsin gubernatorial primary. This was a big comeback, by the way. [0:13] And in South Carolina, Senator Darlene Graham and Congressman Ralph Norman have advanced to a runoff [0:18] in the GOP primary for Senate. Madeline Rivera has all the details from Washington. Hello, Maddie. [0:24] Hi, good morning, guys. So progressives received a split verdict overnight. In Wisconsin, [0:28] they saw a major upset after David Crowley beat Socialist Francesca Hong by a few thousand votes. [0:35] So the race was much closer than expected. Regardless, establishment Democrats are likely [0:39] relieved as Hong was bogged down by a controversial social media posts and a lack of endorsements [0:44] from prominent progressives. Her campaign manager, though, telling the Associated Press they're proud [0:50] of the race they ran. Wisconsin Dems are now calling on the party to put aside their differences [0:54] and unite behind Crowley as he gets ready to face Republican Tom Tiffany for governor. [1:00] Although Democratic Socialists face a setback in Wisconsin overnight, the far left did notch a win [1:05] in Minnesota's Senate primary. Progressive candidate Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, [1:10] who was backed by Senator Bernie Sanders, beat moderate Congresswoman Angie Craig by 20 percentage points. [1:16] She will face Republican former sports broadcaster Michelle Tafoya in the general election. [1:21] It is no secret that Congresswoman Craig and I haven't seen eye to eye on everything. [1:29] And that's OK, because that's what primaries are all about. We are both proud Democrats, [1:38] both proud DFLers, and we love this state. And we both know that we just can't hand Donald Trump [1:51] another Senate seat. Meantime, Senator Amy Klobuchar will go head to head with Lisa [1:56] at Daymuth for governor in Minnesota. Klobuchar easily won the primary while Daymuth beat Republican [2:01] Mike Lindell, who was supported by President Trump. And in South Carolina Senate GOP primary, [2:07] Darlene Graham and Ralph Norman will face each other again in a runoff on August 25th as no [2:13] candidate won the majority vote. There's a big distinction between myself and Ralph Norman. [2:19] I'm a conservative. I have conservative values. I'm willing to work hard for the people. [2:24] I'm willing to earn their votes. I don't know where she stands on a lot of issues. [2:28] I think that's where we'll find out. You know, where does she stand on pro-life? [2:33] Where does she stand on the death penalty? Where will she stand on spending? [2:37] So we'll get into the debate, which I welcome the debate. [2:41] President Trump, who supported Graham, says he's stating by her, [2:44] but he did say he liked all of the candidates. Griff Ainsley and Fine. [2:49] All right, Maddie, thank you very much. [2:50] All right, so there is going to be, and we're witnessing it now, a big inter-party fight. [2:56] I mean, you see the establishment candidates supported by Chuck Schumer, [2:58] Keem Jeffries, Nancy Pelosi, they're all losing spectacularly. [3:02] And it just seems this woman, Francesca Hung, she had a double-digit lead. [3:07] Now, look, some of the polls can exaggerate either way, [3:10] but when you have that big of a lead, but over the last two weeks, [3:13] it was the left that came down to put her down to make sure she lost by percentage points, [3:19] but she still lost. And this guy Crowley comes out of the woodwork. [3:23] He had dropped out already in July. He comes out and was able to win [3:28] because he was the only one standing in her way. [3:31] But overall, there's still a fight going on as the primaries come to a close. [3:35] Yeah, it really depends on the state, but the Wall Street Journal talks about this this morning, [3:39] the close races in these democratic primaries. [3:41] They've been very tight margins. If you look at Wisconsin, it's Crowley and Hong. [3:45] You look at Michigan last week, Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens, neck and neck as well. [3:50] So you have these progressives. The parties just split, is the point. [3:53] They're indicating that the far left, they're surging. [3:56] However, many voters still believe in a more moderate centrist approach. [4:00] Yeah, so the Wall Street Journal writing about this, saying the unexpectedly close race is the [4:06] latest evidence that an intra-party fight among Democrats is far from over. [4:10] Similar to El-Sayed, recent polls had suggested Hong was ahead, [4:14] but the tight margins in Wisconsin and Michigan indicate that while the far left appeared to be [4:18] surging, many voters still believe a more centrist approach is Democrats' best hope to win [4:24] competitive general elections. But I think... [4:28] In battleground states. [4:29] In battleground states, but it's clear that the energy in the Democrat party, [4:34] as they have that intra-party fight, the energy is with the progressives. [4:38] The far left positions, which you've never heard Democrats talk about, [4:42] abolishing ICE, getting rid of prisons, in a litany of other things [4:46] that now seem to be top priorities on their agenda. [4:50] So what I don't get, and this is going to be the hard thing, [4:52] normally you say, hey, you have a tough primary run, you come together, [4:55] and you get together and you try to beat the Republican or the Republic. [4:58] Right. [4:58] But they disagree on so much, so diametrically opposed to each other, [5:05] that if you come together, it's going to be hard to, number one, for you to do it, [5:09] number two, for you to bring people to a cause [5:12] where you literally don't, on paper, you don't agree with almost anything that they stand for. [5:16] So that's the one thing I talked to, somebody in the Rogers campaign, [5:19] they say, I don't care if it's Stevens or if it's El-Sayed, [5:23] I don't think these parties hate each other so much, these groups, [5:26] I don't see them coming together, which is going to be to the advantage, [5:29] because in a battleground state, it's going to be two or three points. [5:32] So those two or three points have to, after a hard primary, [5:35] you would think that they would say, [5:36] I have allegiance to the party, I'm going to go help out. [5:39] But you can tell me that this woman, Francesca Hung, is going to go help out? [5:44] It's a great point. [5:45] Just to add real quickly this, and that is, [5:47] you saw David Crowley thought he was going to lose that race. [5:49] He didn't think he was going to win against Hung, [5:51] because Hung was so far ahead, [5:52] and some polls by double digits, [5:54] that Crowley was asked just this past couple of 24 hours ago, [5:58] about will you support Hung? [6:01] And he said, yes, of course, I'll rally behind Hung. [6:03] Well, here's the thing. [6:04] If you're campaigning against socialism and the positions, [6:08] this is what the governor Evers was doing with Crowley, [6:12] then all of a sudden, you're just going to turn [6:13] and hand the keys over to the far left? [6:15] They have a problem with that. [6:16] Well, you have like the James Carvels, [6:18] who I can't even believe, I normally disagree with him, [6:20] but I'm like, okay, I'm relating more to him [6:22] than I am the other part of the party, the progressives, [6:25] because not only are they saying abolish prisons, [6:28] which is lunacy, they're also saying things like [6:32] comparing football to the slave trade, [6:35] criticizing the 4th of July fireworks, [6:37] not enjoying Thanksgiving, [6:40] wanting to abolish Thanksgiving. [6:42] I mean, that is so extreme. [6:44] Those are things that are so Americana. [6:46] Be sure to like and subscribe for all the Fox News latest [6:50] on YouTube and catch full shows streaming now on Fox 1.