Francesca Hong’s defeat shows that she may have been too far left even for progressives, as a razor-thin margin in Midwest state pushes David Crowley to victory, writes John Bowden

David Crowley was supposed to be on a vacation in Jamaica. Instead, he's back in the governors' race, and moderate Democrats' best hope.

By focusing on cost-of-living issues like utility bills and data centers, the front-runner in the Democratic primary for the governor’s race is winning support across the party…