Francesca Hong

Hong supports expanding Medicaid and establishing a strong public option, cracking down on claim denials, and making large hospital corporations pay more while helping small hospitals and community clinics stay stable. In a PBS Wisconsin interview, she also said abortion is health care and that access should be equitable.

Hong’s economic platform centers on affordability for working families, including universal childcare, universal paid leave, fully funded public schools, and tax fairness that closes loopholes and asks more of high earners and large corporations. She also supports housing affordability measures and a public bank to help with lending for housing and small businesses.

Hong supports stronger limits on subsidies for large data centers and says Wisconsin should not hand out subsidies to corporations that raise costs for ratepayers or harm the environment. She has also said she is opposed to harmful mining and drilling projects and wants communities protected from environmental damage.

Hong supports repealing Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban and says abortion is health care that should be accessible equitably. She has also backed the Reproductive Freedom Act and opposes restrictions that interfere with reproductive health care.

Hong supports stronger protections for immigrant communities, including limiting ICE cooperation, protecting due process, and expanding access to state IDs and in-state tuition for DACA recipients. Her campaign says Wisconsin should use state authority to protect residents regardless of immigration status.

Hong supports universal gun safety measures such as universal background checks, red flag laws, and safe-storage requirements. Her public comments frame these policies as child-safety and violence-prevention measures.

Hong’s platform emphasizes economic dignity and equity, including renter protections, right to counsel in eviction cases, LGBTQ-inclusive health care, immigrant protections, and criminal-justice reforms that expand due process. She frames these policies as part of a broader effort to reduce racial, gender, and class disparities.

Hong supports fully funding public schools, increasing special education reimbursement, and shifting school funding away from property taxes. She opposes voucher programs and says public dollars should go to public schools, universities, and technical colleges.

Hong supports a moratorium on new data centers until Wisconsin adopts statewide standards, and she wants local communities to have stronger input on energy, environmental, and tax impacts. She also backs local funding tools such as a local option income tax and community-based financing for housing and public services.

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Hong says Wisconsin should pause new AI data-center construction until the state has rules to protect electricity rates, the environment, and local communities. She opposes tax breaks for data centers and says any approved projects should provide long-term public benefit and use union labor.

Hong has opposed legislation she says would make voting and campaign participation harder, including a 2025 bill on absentee ballots and a 2025 bill on online political donations. Her public record suggests support for easier access to voting and skepticism of restrictive election measures.