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this man made crisis that
he has created.

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>> All right, Missy Hughes,
thanks for your time.

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>> Thank you.
>> Many elected officials

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in higher office come from
the state legislature.

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State Representative
Francesca Hong of Madison

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hopes she becomes one of
them. Here she is with Zac

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Schultz Francesca Hong.
>> Thanks for joining us.

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>> Happy to be here.
>> For voters who don't

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know you, give us an
introduction of who you are

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and why you're running for
governor.

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representative for the 76th
district here in Madison. I

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am a proud single mom to my
son George, and I'm a

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service industry worker.
And so I owned a restaurant

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for seven years and worked
as a chef. And I still work

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as a bartender and line
cook. And I'm running for

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governor because we are in
a moment of crisis and

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chaos. But we're also in a
movement moment. And as an

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organizer and as a working
class candidate, I think

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that it's the right thing
to do to fight alongside

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working class people who
are demanding change.

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>> Is there a single issue
that drives you, or perhaps

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a lane within the
Democratic Party, that may

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define you.
>> Fully funding public

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education, universal child
care, and expanding

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BadgerCare for all? These
are universal policies

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addressing universal issues
for Wisconsinites all

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across the state. And I
think this moment demands a

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visionary, bold action and
not incrementalism.

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>> Running for governor is
very expensive. How much do

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you think you need to run
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what's going to happen
after the primary if you

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make it through that?
>> We are proud to be a

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people powered grassroots
campaign, and we have

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thousands of donors who
have given from all across

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the state. And in fact, 48
out of 50 states here in

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the country. And so raising
has been less of a

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challenge that because we
have so many volunteers and

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folks across the state who
are committed to being a

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part of our movement.
>> When it comes to a

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competitive primary for you,
what's where do you draw

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the line between negative
campaigning against a

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member of your own party
versus defining differences

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between candidates?
>> No. Crowded primaries

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are good for democracy, but
I think in this moment

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people are stressed and
demanding bold change. And

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so we're really focused on
making sure that the issues

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that we see folks
struggling with, with

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affordability and, you know,
living in times of fascism,

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we want to make sure that
we are naming the

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billionaires and the
culprits of these issues,

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and then how the state is
responsible for presenting

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and delivering solutions to
help people live a life of

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dignity.
>> When primary voters are

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looking at all the
candidates, should they be

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focusing more on who's more
aligned with an issue that

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they support or
electability?

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>> Electability is
subjective, and I think

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that we need leadership,
and the people are

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demanding leadership where
politicians aren't going to

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say one thing and do
another. We want leadership

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with folks who are
committed to moral courage

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and willing to do the hard
thing, and not the

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politically expedient or
politically comfortable

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thing.
>> Most of the Democrats

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running in this campaign
are either aligned with

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Milwaukee or Madison.
What's your plan to get out?

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Introduce yourself to the
rest of the state,

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especially those rural
areas who feel unheard.

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>> I've had the privilege
of traveling across the

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state for the last five
years, since I was elected

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into the legislature.
Whether it's helping other

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candidates campaign in this
for the state Assembly, or

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being invited to speak at
and meeting farmers and

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educators and people across
the state, I'm going back

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to those communities and
also meeting new ones. And

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I think that when we go to
rural areas, suburban areas,

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urban areas, I've been so
heartened by the diversity

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of people who are attending
our events. Republicans,

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independents, Democrats.
It's been and it's

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multigenerational. I have
learned so much from young

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people who are attending
our events, and we're going

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to continue to meet those
communities where they are,

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regardless of what part of
the state they're in.

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>> What do you think the
impact of Donald Trump will

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be on this primary?
>> The fascist,

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authoritarian regime in the
federal government is

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really creating a lot of
chaos and uncertainty for

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working class people. And
so beyond, you know, what

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is happening at the federal
government. I think it's

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important to stay focused
on how we can deliver for

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working class people,
meeting the urgency of this

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moment with universal
policies that are actually

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going to change the
material conditions of

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people's lives at a pace
and deliver, you know, as