Francesca Hong in 2026 WI Governor's race


On Health Care: Would veto bills blocking gender-affirming care

LGBTQ healthcare access: Everyone deserves to live safely in their own body. Fran recognizes gender-affirming care as medically necessary and would veto bills like AB 104 that intrude on personal healthcare issues and prevent families from seeking the healthcare they need.
Source: 2026 Wisconsin Governor campaign website FrancescaHong.com Feb 5, 2026

On Abortion: Preserve abortion access in Wisconsin state constitution

Fran will lead the fight to join other states by preserving abortion access and other forms of reproductive justice in the Wisconsin state constitution.
Source: 2026 Wisconsin Governor campaign website FrancescaHong.com Feb 5, 2026

On Budget & Economy: Through public bank help finance affordable housing

Homeowners need stability in their mortgages--so do the people who construct housing. Housing is unaffordable because building housing is expensive, and a major reason construction is expensive is the difficulty of securing cohesive construction financing. Through her public bank plan, Fran can develop a backstop to streamline the financing of affordable housing construction--and bring in new sources of construction financing--bringing costs to build and own down.
Source: 2026 Wisconsin Governor campaign website FrancescaHong.com Feb 5, 2026

On Corporations: Comprehensive antimonopoly regulations to keep markets fair

Monopolies devastate local businesses, gouge customers, and tilt the balance of economic power toward megacorporations. As governor, and in collaboration with the office of the Attorney General, Fran will establish comprehensive antimonopoly regulations to keep markets fair and competitive.
Source: 2026 Wisconsin Governor campaign website FrancescaHong.com Feb 5, 2026

On Crime: Invest in noncarceral approaches to crime prevention

Community initiatives like afterschool programs, neighborhood organizations, and public recreation help keep people out of jail. Wisconsin's local governments need state support in designing and implementing comprehensive crime prevention programs.

Fran sponsored a bill to make developing these programs easier and will support counties and cities that invest in noncarceral approaches to crime prevention.

Source: 2026 Wisconsin Governor campaign website FrancescaHong.com Feb 5, 2026

On Drugs: It's simple: Cannabis should be legal

It's simple: Cannabis should be legal. By developing a licensing system like Michigan's, staffed by regulators familiar with the industry, Fran will finally make this safe recreational and medicinal drug legal in Wisconsin and use the revenue to fund languishing state infrastructure like rural broadband. Fran will also exhaust every resource possible to expand eligibility for expungement, work to get people out of jail, and help get them good-paying jobs in the new industry.
Source: 2026 Wisconsin Governor campaign website FrancescaHong.com Feb 5, 2026

On Education: Voucher programs lack transparency and oversight

Public dollars belong in public schools. Every child deserves a strong and comprehensive education. Voucher programs lack transparency and oversight and use discriminatory admission policies. As governor, Fran will push to roll back the unfair voucher program, which gives financial advantages to private schools over public ones.
Source: 2026 Wisconsin Governor campaign website FrancescaHong.com Feb 5, 2026

On Energy & Oil: Create a plan to reduce carbon emissions by 52% by 2030

Fran will demand that investors in any data center, or other corporate investment with extreme energy demands, are responsible for funding commensurate increased and publicly owned clean energy production. Fran is a proud sponsor of the Climate Accountability Act, which requires Wisconsin to create a viable plan to reduce carbon emissions by 52% by 2030 and be carbon-neutral by 2050.
Source: 2026 Wisconsin Governor campaign website FrancescaHong.com Feb 5, 2026

On Families & Children: Fully insured paid leave for all workers

Nobody should have to decide between paying the bills and taking care of themselves or a sick family member. Fran's universal paid leave bill would provide fully insured paid leave for all workers--including the self-employed.
Source: 2026 Wisconsin Governor campaign website FrancescaHong.com Feb 5, 2026

On Foreign Policy: Not interested in those supporting genocide in Gaza

Hong is likely to be the loudest Israel critic in the race. She said her stance on Israel is simply where the Democratic Party is headed. "The majority of Democratic voters are opposed to Israel's genocide on Gaza," she said. "I'm not interested in working with organizations that endorse and openly support the genocide on Gaza. So this [campaign] is about moral courage and showing up for working-class people who value human rights and equal rights."
Source: Politico.com on 2026 Wisconsin Gubernatorial race Sep 17, 2025

On Free Trade: Disastrous tariffs are leading to higher prices

She soon took a jab at the most recent and most high-profile Republican to enter the governor's race, U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, by highlighting Tiffany's professed support of President Donald Trump's tariff policies. "Tom Tiffany, he voted to keep the disastrous tariffs that are leading to higher prices for brats, buns, burgers, hot dogs," Hong said, appearing to refer to a recent party-line House vote blocking a challenge to Trump's tariff orders.
Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette on 2026 Wisconsin Gubernatorial race Sep 26, 2025

On Gun Control: Responsible gun ownership requires responsible gun markets

Wisconsin is a hunting state, but too many families are terrified of gun violence at school. Fran believes in responsible gun ownership, not military weaponry like assault rifles or bump stocks. Responsible gun ownership requires responsible gun markets, with licensed dealers, background checks, red flag laws, safe storage requirements, reasonable waiting periods, and a ban on sales to domestic abusers.
Source: 2026 Wisconsin Governor campaign website FrancescaHong.com Feb 5, 2026

On Health Care: For a public option that competes with private insurance

Until the federal government does its job, we have to use every tool at our disposal to make healthcare as affordable as possible for every Wisconsinite. This is a multi-prong effort. We will:
Source: 2026 Wisconsin Governor campaign website FrancescaHong.com Feb 5, 2026

On Immigration: Protect all documentation status from secret police

Fran will use the full force of the executive branch to protect Wisconsinites of all documentation status from secret police. As a cosponsor of the Keep Families Together bill package, she refuses to let Wisconsin's resources be used to target Wisconsinites--and demands transparency, the right to due process, and the protection of community safe spaces.
Source: 2026 Wisconsin Governor campaign website FrancescaHong.com Feb 5, 2026

On Jobs: Supports a $20 minimum wage indexed to the cost of living

One job should be enough. Fran supports a living wage--a $20 minimum wage indexed to the cost of living in Wisconsin.
Source: 2026 Wisconsin Governor campaign website FrancescaHong.com Feb 5, 2026

On Jobs: Repeal anti-union right-to-work legislation

Fran will nail the coffin of Act 10 shut and lead the fight to enshrine a constitutional right for all workers, public and private, to organize. She'll lead the fight to repeal economically damaging right-to-work laws and reinstate prevailing wages. Anti-union "right-to-work" laws make for worse hours? and ?deadlier workplaces by making it harder for workers to unionize. Fran supports a repeal of 2015 Wisconsin Act 1 and restore tools unions have used to fight for worker power.
Source: 2026 Wisconsin Governor campaign website FrancescaHong.com Feb 5, 2026

On Principles & Values: Have to show folks that socialism improves your life

Because if we do not show folks that it is socialist leadership that can deliver change that improves your life, it is going to be difficult not only to govern, but to advance socialism. The priority has to be delivering policy, building relationships, and being unafraid to wield that power when negotiations and collaboration with the legislature are not serving working-class people.
Source: Jacobin magazine on 2026 Wisconsin Gubernatorial race Jan 18, 2026

On Tax Reform: Increase top tax bracket, create new millionaires bracket

Representative Hong will cut your property taxes by about 44% by insisting that ultra-wealthy people pay their fair share by increasing the top income tax bracket by 1% and creating a new bracket for millionaires. Wisconsin's school funding model asks regular Wisconsinites to cover school funding shortfalls through property taxes, raised through local referendums over the past few years. We can fund K-12 education for all students if we stop asking Wisconsinites to cover for the super-rich.
Source: 2026 Wisconsin Governor campaign website FrancescaHong.com Feb 5, 2026

On Technology: Calls for a moratorium on data center construction

AI data centers are a bad deal for Wisconsin. With no local investment, no good jobs, and spiking energy costs, data center subsidies are irresponsible. Fran is calling for a moratorium on data center construction until we know how to protect ourselves from their environmental and energy costs.
Source: 2026 Wisconsin Governor campaign website FrancescaHong.com Feb 5, 2026

The above quotations are from 2026 Wisconsin Gubernatorial race: debates and news coverage.
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