Minnesota Senate

Abdul El-Sayed ran for governor of Michigan in 2018, emphasizing his progressive views and endorsement from Senator Bernie Sanders. He didn’t gain much traction and ultimately lost by more than 20 percentage points in the Democratic primary to Gretchen Whitme…

Progressive Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan is surging as moderate Rep. Angie Craig runs from her immigration votes that aided Trump.

Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig became fed up with Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is still blaming President Biden for the high cost of diesel fuel and failing farms, and pointedly told her that the Trump administration controlled all of Congress a year and …

Joan Walsh Her opponent, Representative Angie Craig, campaigned for the DFL nod for months, but declared she would no longer seek its endorsement two days before the party convention. The post Minnesota’s Peggy Flanagan Wins the DFL Nomination for a …

This is a lightly edited transcript of the June 1 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. Perry Bacon: Good morning. I’m Perry Bacon. I’m the host of Right Now on The New Republic. …

Adam Schwarze celebrated winning the Minnesota GOP's endorsement for Senate over Michele Tafoya and blasted DC's "elite establishment class." The post Exclusive: Minnesota GOP-Endorsed Senate Candidate Adam Schwarze Blasts DC’s ‘Establishment Class’ appeared …

Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Tony Dungy endorses former NBC sideline reporter Michele Tafoya in Minnesota's Republican U.S. Senate primary race.

Former NBC Sunday Night Football sideline reporter Michele Tafoya is dominating the early Republican primary race for Minnesota’s open 2026 U.S. Senate seat. A Quantus Insights survey conducted May 6-8 among 663 likely Republican primary voters puts Tafoya at…

Long-time sideline reporter Michele Tafoya hopes to break the Republican Party's 20-year losing streak in Minnesota's statewide elections by winning a senate seat this November.