MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic socialist Francesca Hong is in a tight race against the party establishment’s chosen candidate David Crowley, who revived his campaign after another leading contender dropped out in Wisconsin’s chaotic primary for governor.

The winner will advance to take on Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany in November in an open election that could test the limits of progressives’ appeal in a critical battleground state. Tiffany easily advanced on Aug. 11 against a token opponent.

“We have built something that will change politics forever,” Hong told supporters as the outcome of the race hung in the balance late on the night of Aug. 11. “The work we have done will be remembered forever. I know we don’t have the final results right now, but what I do know is we are ready to keep fighting.”

Reporting the results of about 28,000 absentee ballots from Milwaukee, which could determine the race, was delayed after a human error related to uploading the data, the city’s election leader said shortly before midnight. Results were not expected to be posted until early on Aug. 12.

“We’re still waiting for all the results to come in,” the Crowley campaign said early on Aug. 12.”We feel optimistic, but it’s not over until the votes are counted.”

Democrats are hoping to capitalize on low approval ratings for President Donald Trump in a state he won in 2016 and 2024 to retain control of the governor’s office and flip both chambers of the Legislature to earn full control of Wisconsin state government for the first time since 2010.

In other races, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s 26-year-old son-in-law Michael Alfonso won a five-way primary in Duffy’s old seat in the U.S. House. And Democrat Rebecca Cooke won the primary to force a rematch with Republican U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden in the state’s most hotly contested and narrowly divided congressional district.