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Minnesota Senate race takes bizarre turn after dark family history uncovered
Minnesota Democratic Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan's grandfather spent decades in psychiatric custody and was suspected in multiple killings, records show.
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Fraud, affordability and Trump policies drive friction in Minnesota Senate debate
The major party candidates for Minnesota's U.S. Senate seat faced off in an hourlong debate Friday on MPR News with fraud, affordability and fallout from the Trump administration's policies as key points of friction.
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Peggy Flanagan’s lose-lose situation on fraud culpability in Minnesota Senate race
Debate about Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan’s role in the state’s fraud crisis, and whether she stood idly by and allowed fraud to fester for years, is haunting her Senate aspirations. It is a lingering question that her Republican opponent, Michele Tafoya, has dangled in front of voters in the…
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Michele Tafoya embraces 'pro-choice Republican' label in Minnesota Senate bid
Michele Tafoya is telling Minnesota voters she's a pro-choice Republican, and some of the party's most committed abortion opponents aren't happy about it.
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Flanagan leads Tafoya by 4 points in new Minnesota Senate poll
Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (D) leads her GOP opponent, former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya, in a new poll on the state’s U.S. Senate race. The Minnesota Star Tribune/KARE 11 Minnesota poll reported 47 percent of voters supported Flanagan, while 43 percent backed Tafoya, 9 percent…
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AI safety ‘doomers’ pouring cash into Minnesota’s Senate race for Sanders-backed lefty Peggy Flanagan
Silicon Valley AI safety “doomers” are flooding Minnesota’s Senate race with donations for Bernie Sanders-backed Democrat Peggy Flanagan – who has called the tech an “existential threat” to humanity, The Post has learned.
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Ahead of debate, Minnesota Senate campaign is still just simmering
In a year when Senate campaigns in states including Texas, Michigan and even Kansas are drawing national attention and campaign money, the race in Minnesota has been seen just a trickle of outside attention.