Peggy Flanagan projected winner of Democratic primary for Senate in Minnesota
Summary
Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan won the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat in Minnesota. She will face Michele Tafoya, the Republican nominee, in the November midterm election to replace retiring Senator Tina Smith.Key Facts
- Peggy Flanagan won the Democratic Senate nomination in Minnesota’s primary election.
- Michele Tafoya won the Republican Senate nomination in Minnesota’s primary.
- Flanagan will run against Tafoya for the Senate seat being vacated by Senator Tina Smith.
- Tina Smith, the retiring Democratic senator, endorsed Flanagan earlier in May.
- Flanagan is the highest-ranking Native woman elected to executive office in the U.S. and is a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe.
- Flanagan’s priorities include fighting corruption, supporting Medicare for all, protecting farmers, addressing climate change, reforming immigration, and protecting reproductive rights.
- Flanagan was endorsed by the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL) Party at its state convention.
- The primary election results were reported by CBS News and WCCO.
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