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  • Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.

  • Tuesday's primaries offered few clear signs of what voters want heading into the midterm elections.

  • Minnesota Public Radio's Clay Masters reports on Wisconsin's closely watched Democratic primary for governor.

  • Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, who is considered a more moderate candidate,

  • narrowly beat out a state representative, Francesca Hong, who identifies as a Democratic socialist.

  • That's according to an AP race call.

  • And this race was closely watched, of course,

  • to see if it would replicate the results of another swing state nearby Michigan,

  • where progressive Abdul El-Sayed recently won the Democratic primary there.

  • While that did not happen, this was a very close race.

  • Clay Masters with Minnesota Public Radio reporting.

  • Elsewhere, Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan won the Democratic nomination for U.S.

  • Senate.

  • In Connecticut, former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin defeated longtime Democratic Congressman John Larson.

  • And in South Carolina, Senator Darlene Graham advanced to a Republican

  • runoff for the seat held by her late brother, Lindsey Graham.

  • Wall Street will get the latest look at inflation in the U.S.

  • Economy when the Labor Department releases data on consumer prices this morning.

  • NPR's Scott Horsley has a preview.

  • The report's expected to show a modest slowdown in inflation,