Progressive Peggy Flanagan sweeps Minnesota Senate primary in race defined by anti-ICE anger
Peggy Flanagan at a campaign rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 20 July. Photograph: Tim Evans/ReutersView image in fullscreenPeggy Flanagan at a campaign rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 20 July. But the state’s race was also a response to the long shadow of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in January.Flanagan will now face Republican Michele Tafoya, a former National Football League sideline reporter, in November.
- ▪Peggy Flanagan at a campaign rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 20 July.
- ▪Photograph: Tim Evans/ReutersView image in fullscreenPeggy Flanagan at a campaign rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 20 July.
- ▪But the state’s race was also a response to the long shadow of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in January.Flanagan will now face Republican Michele Tafoya, a former National Football League sideline reporter, in November.
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Peggy Flanagan at a campaign rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 20 July. Photograph: Tim Evans/ReutersView image in fullscreenPeggy Flanagan at a campaign rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 20 July. Photograph: Tim Evans/ReutersUS midterm elections 2026Progressive Peggy Flanagan sweeps Minnesota Senate primary in race defined by anti-ICE angerState’s Democratic lieutenant governor bests Angie Craig in another election contest pitting a progressive against a moderateRachel Leingang in MinneapolisTue 11 Aug 2026 23.36 EDTLast modified on Tue 11 Aug 2026 23.38 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GooglePeggy Flanagan, Minnesota’s lieutenant governor, won the Democratic primary for US Senate in the state, in another election contest that pitted a progressive against a moderate, this time with…
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