Flanagan, Craig face off in debate ahead of DFL primary

Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and U.S. Rep. Angie Craig will go head-to-head in their first televised debate Friday night.

Both DFL candidates are running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Tina Smith.

Last month, Flanagan received the DFL endorsement at the party’s convention in Rochester. Craig skipped the convention, saying the endorsement process “just doesn’t reflect the full scope of the party that we are and the purple state that we have become.”

The debate will be part of “Almanac” on Twin Cities PBS. The broadcast begins at 7 p.m.

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