4 highlights from Tuesday's primaries: Mike Lindell loses; Lindsey Graham's sister advances
4. Progressive wins Democratic nomination for Senate seat in Minnesota
Unofficial results from the Democratic primary in the U.S. Senate race in Minnesota show Peggy Flanagan beating Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., by nearly 20 percentage points.
Flanagan’s victory represents the latest example of the more progressive candidate gaining the upper hand against a comparatively moderate opponent in a federal race.
Heading into the primary, Flanagan boasted endorsements from Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., a self-described democratic socialist who previously ran for president in 2016 and 2020, and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., a member of a group of progressive House Democrats known as “the Squad.”
The progressive groups Our Revolution PAC and Progressive Democrats of America, which also endorsed El-Sayed and a group of U.S. House candidates endorsed by the New York City Democratic Socialists of America who won their primaries earlier this year, have also backed Flanagan. Flanagan’s platform includes a call to “dismantle” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the establishment of Medicare for All.
As Flanagan won the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat in Minnesota, former sportscaster Michele Tafoya won the Republican primary.
As was the case in the Democratic primary, the race was not close, with unofficial results showing Tafoya beating the runner-up by more than 25 percentage points. The only poll of a Flanagan-Tafoya matchup included in the RealClearPolitics database shows Flanagan leading by 6 percentage points. A poll documenting voter intentions in a Craig-Tafoya matchup showed a similar result, with Craig up by 7 percentage points.
Ryan Foley is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: ryan.foley@christianpost.com
