Flanagan Defeats Tafoya to Hold Minnesota Senate Seat for DemocratsFlanagan’s Win Rejects Trump’s Minnesota CrackdownFlanagan Wins as Minnesota Fraud Questions Persist
Minnesota's lieutenant governor, Peggy Flanagan, beat GOP candidate Michele Tafoya on November 3, keeping the open U.S. Senate seat in Democratic hands. Flanagan is poised to make history as the Senate's first woman of Native American heritage.Progressive Democrat Peggy Flanagan defeated Republican Michele Tafoya on November 3, keeping Minnesota’s open Senate seat in Democratic hands. Her victory followed a campaign focused on immigration enforcement and progressive policies.Democrat Peggy Flanagan defeated Republican Michele Tafoya on November 3, keeping Minnesota’s open Senate seat in Democratic hands despite scrutiny of fraud scandals under the Walz administration.