Wisconsin's Democratic gubernatorial primary was effectively tied after Tuesday's voting, with Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley narrowly ahead of Democratic Socialist Francesca Hong by less than one percentage point with 94 percent of votes counted by Wednesday morning, according to AP. The close contest highlighted a broader struggle inside Democratic primaries between moderate, establishment-backed candidates and more progressive democratic socialists. In Vermont, Amanda Janoo won the Democratic gubernatorial primary with 49.1 percent of the vote to Aly Richards' 46.5 percent with about 98 percent counted, while Republican incumbent Phil Scott won unopposed. Minnesota delivered a clearer win for the left, as Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan beat Representative Angie Craig 59 percent to 39.4 percent in the Democratic Senate primary with 99 percent counted. The same Upper Midwest races also produced mixed signals for Donald Trump's endorsement power: former MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell lost Minnesota's Republican gubernatorial nomination to Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives Lisa Demuth, 43.4 percent to 32.5 percent, while Trump-backed Rhett Marques won Alabama's Republican primary in the newly redrawn 2nd Congressional District with 50 percent of the vote. In South Carolina, Darline Graham advanced to an August 25 Republican run-off (a second-round contest) for the US Senate seat after taking 32.7 percent in a 10-candidate field, setting up a race against existing US Representative Ralph Norman, who received 24.7 percent. The Wisconsin result also tracked with a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll showing many liberal Democrats see higher taxes on corporations and billionaires, abortion access and universal government-provided healthcare as essential party positions.