Democrats Amy Klobuchar and Peggy Flanagan won Minnesota’s top two races Tuesday night, according to The Associated Press. Klobuchar, now in the U.S. Senate, will become the state’s next governor, and Lt. Gov. Flanagan will succeed retiring Sen. Tina Smith in Washington.
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Democrats charted an extraordinary path to Senate victory through some of the most conservative states in the nation.
Minnesota DFL Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, who used her own upbringing to connect with voters feeling financially strapped, made history Tuesday by winning a U.S. Senate seat.
Klobuchar, Minnesota’s senior U.S. senator and a former county prosecutor, jumped into the race late after and campaigned on a message of ending fraud in state government and making the state work better for its citizens.
“The Smell of Earth: Seitu K. Jones Working in the Elements,” a show that explores self, ancestry and the land, is on view at the Minnesota Museum of American Art in St. Paul.
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar is the first woman to be elected governor in Minnesota. She will succeed DFL Gov. Tim Walz, who did not seek reelection this year.
DFLers again swept the races for Minnesota’s constitutional officers. Attorney General Keith Ellison and Secretary of State Steve Simon won reelection, and Zack Filipovich won the open seat for state auditor.
Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan is the first Native American woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate. She is a member of the White Earth Nation in northwest Minnesota.
Millions of dollars poured into a select few races as Republicans and DFLers jockey for control of the Legislature. Both chambers were at stake, which will also determine how the new governor’s agenda fares in 2027.
One southern Minnesota congressional seat and another that extends south from the Twin Cities suburbs are getting the most attention out of the state’s eight U.S. House districts.
Peggy Flanagan’s path to the U.S. Senate runs through generations of Native women who built institutions, raised leaders and fought for their families in Minnesota. People who have worked alongside her describe what that legacy means as she brings it to Washington.
The governor of Minnesota will appoint a temporary senator until a special election is held next November. But which governor — current Gov. Tim Walz or Gov.-elect Amy Klobuchar?
Rep. Ilhan Omar has won a fifth term representing Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District as a federal criminal investigation into her immigration history continues.
