Francesca Hong

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Francesca Hong
Candidate, Governor of Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Assembly District 76
Tenure
2021 - Present
Term ends
2027
Years in position
5
Compensation
Base salary
$60,924/year
Per diem
$171/day (with overnight) or $85.50/day (no overnight). Dane County representatives receive only $85.50/day.
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Next election
August 11, 2026
Education
High school
Madison West High School
Personal
Profession
Full-time state legislator
Contact

Francesca Hong (Democratic Party) is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing District 76. She assumed office on January 4, 2021. Her current term ends on January 4, 2027.

Hong (Democratic Party) is running for election for Governor of Wisconsin. She is on the ballot in the Democratic primary on August 11, 2026.[source]

Hong completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Francesca Hong earned a high school diploma from Madison West High School. Her career experience includes working as a sous chef, an executive chef with 43 North Restaurant, and co-founding Morris Ramen.[1]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Hong was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Hong was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Hong was assigned to the following committees:


The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2026

See also: Wisconsin gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2026

Wisconsin gubernatorial election, 2026 (August 11 Republican primary)

Wisconsin gubernatorial election, 2026 (August 11 Democratic primary)

General election

The primary will occur on August 11, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. Additional general election candidates will be added here following the primary.

General election for Governor of Wisconsin

David King is running in the general election for Governor of Wisconsin on November 3, 2026.

Candidate
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David King (Independent)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Wisconsin

The following candidates are running in the Democratic primary for Governor of Wisconsin on August 11, 2026.


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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Wisconsin

Andrew Manske and Tom Tiffany are running in the Republican primary for Governor of Wisconsin on August 11, 2026.


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Endorsements

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2024

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2024

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 76

Incumbent Francesca Hong won election in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 76 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Francesca Hong
Francesca Hong (D)
 
98.9
 
34,311
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.1
 
398

Total votes: 34,709
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 76

Incumbent Francesca Hong advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 76 on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Francesca Hong
Francesca Hong
 
99.6
 
17,063
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
69

Total votes: 17,132
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Hong in this election.

2022

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2022

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 76

Incumbent Francesca Hong won election in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 76 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Francesca Hong
Francesca Hong (D)
 
98.4
 
27,702
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.6
 
452

Total votes: 28,154
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 76

Incumbent Francesca Hong advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 76 on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Francesca Hong
Francesca Hong
 
99.5
 
8,097
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
42

Total votes: 8,139
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Campaign finance

2020

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2020

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 76

Francesca Hong defeated Patrick Hull in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 76 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Francesca Hong
Francesca Hong (D)
 
88.0
 
35,731
Image of Patrick Hull
Patrick Hull (R) Candidate Connection
 
11.8
 
4,779
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
84

Total votes: 40,594
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 76

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 76 on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Francesca Hong
Francesca Hong
 
28.1
 
4,793
Tyrone Cratic Williams
 
22.4
 
3,810
Image of Marsha Rummel
Marsha Rummel
 
16.5
 
2,803
Heather Driscoll
 
16.3
 
2,780
Image of Nicki Vander Meulen
Nicki Vander Meulen
 
9.3
 
1,586
Image of Ali Maresh
Ali Maresh
 
6.5
 
1,099
Dewey Bredeson
 
0.8
 
143
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
15

Total votes: 17,029
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 76

Patrick Hull advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 76 on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Patrick Hull
Patrick Hull Candidate Connection
 
99.3
 
302
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
2

Total votes: 304
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Campaign finance


Campaign themes

2026

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Francesca Hong completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hong's responses.

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My name is Francesca Hong. I’m a chef, a state representative, a single mom, a renter, and a proud child of Korean immigrants. I’m fighting for the working class because I *am* working class — I’ve been working-class my entire life. When Covid lockdowns decimated the Madison restaurant industry, we organized home meal delivery and mutual aid programs to keep our workers afloat and our most vulnerable neighbors fed . My community elected me to the Legislature in 2020 where I’ve seen, up close, a state government captured by the interests of billionaires and huge corporations. There’s no reason most of us need to endure an affordability crisis while our government gives tax breaks to data centers and the donor class, or that we need to sit by while our natural resources are put up for sale to whomever has the right political connections. We can have a state where we can afford to live, work, care for one another, and raise families. It’s going to take all of us, but we can demand better: because together, we make better possible.
  • For most of us, it’s tough to get by. Working hard doesn’t guarantee a comfortable life anymore. Meanwhile, our state hands out billions of dollars to the richest people and largest corporations — our government sees itself as a junior partner of industry instead of an advocate for regular working-class people. That’s why I’m running on issues like universal childcare, universal paid leave, full public school funding, affordable housing construction, and fairer, cheaper healthcare: to build the structures that make affordability permanent in Wisconsin.
  • Wisconsinites have been told that we need to fear or hate each other if we want to survive. That’s bullshit. That’s a condition imposed upon us by the scarcity imposed upon us when our government diverts our public resources to the profits of a few instead of the well-being of the many. Wisconsinites deserve democratic accountability, basic fairness, and community care — and that starts with the decisions we make about how our government runs.
  • I am running on a robust set of policies that affect everyone — from cracking down on big corporations and private equity to making the super-rich pay their fair share and lowering property taxes for the rest of us to the first data center moratorium and plan in this race. We’re coming out of a hole dug for us over fifteen years, and people are facing big problems. Big problems demand big solutions, not piecemeal reform efforts: incrementalism is irresponsible.
As a proud graduate of Wisconsin public schools and the mother of a public school student, I’m invested in how our schools operate. But fifteen years of funding cuts and the siphoning off of public money into an unaccountable voucher system means our schools are asphyxiating. When the government cuts social services, and housing and food are unaffordable, public schools alone fill the gaps—they do more with less. Districts across the state have passed property tax referendums in order to stay open. That’s why any discussion of education in Wisconsin begins with ensuring our schools have the money they need. My Tax the Rich package makes millionaires pay their fair share while reducing property taxes by an average of 41% for the rest of us.
If you begin your negotiation by asking for half a loaf of bread, you’re going to get a quarter—at best. After decades of being browbeaten by Republicans, we have the opportunity to come out swinging —and that message is set at the top. I’m here to fight for Wisconsinites by setting ambitious but responsible goals and use my platform to help communities organize themselves to fight for our shared vision.
We are part of a struggle that began long before us, and I’m here to use this campaign and this office to build upon it. I intend to leave things better than I found them: to contribute to a statewide organizing project that helps all of us fight for justice in our communities and connect with others who are doing the same.
When I was 15, I took a job as a hostess at a local restaurant in Madison. I worked there for a year until the restaurant closed.
I’m a proud child of Korean immigrants, but I’ve had a complicated relationship with my Korean identity. At times as a child I felt shame about it; sometimes it left me with a sense of melancholy, as if I didn’t belong. As I got older, I came to see it as a part of my identity — I added Korean food to my menus, which made me feel more connected to my roots. When I gave birth to my son, I realized I wanted him to learn Korean so he, too, could find it to be a source of strength. And, when in 2020 I became Wisconsin’s first Asian-American legislator, I realized the joy and responsibility of representing, supporting, and uplifting people like me.
In 2026, the governor’s job is to wield the power of his or her office to the fullest extent possible to protect the people of Wisconsin from fascism and set the moral compass by which our ambitions are aligned. The governor’s state budget is the preeminent document that charters the course for two years of state policy. A great governor wields the power of the executive to the fullest extent by establishing a clear, accessible budget that improves the material conditions of people’s lives, preserves our natural resources, and builds a more democratic economy.
That’s true in Wisconsin. I would consider vetoing any part of any law that infringes on any person's individual rights and freedoms under the state constitution and the Economic Justice Bill of Rights I champion. This includes the rights of children, nature, and future generations.
Emergency powers should be reserved for emergencies, like the impending threat of mass violence, natural disasters, or economic crises.
Nationally, I am endorsed by Representative Ilhan Omar, Representative Ro Khanna, and State Senator Nina Turner.

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2024

Francesca Hong did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Francesca Hong did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Francesca Hong did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Francesca Hong campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024Wisconsin State Assembly District 76Won general$81,632 $78,624
2022Wisconsin State Assembly District 76Won general$97,534 $98,044
2020Wisconsin State Assembly District 76Won general$65,487 N/A**
Grand total$244,653 $176,668
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Succeeded by
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