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Clay Masters and Matthew Alvarez

Key moments from the first debate in Minnesota’s open U.S. Senate race

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Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, and Republican candidate Michele Tafoya participate in a debate at Minnesota Public Radio headquarters on Friday, in St. Paul, Minn. The candidates are competing for Minnesota's U.S. Senate seat in the November election.
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With a little more than two weeks of the campaign season left, two candidates running for the Minnesota's open U.S. Senate seat were in a head-to-head debate in their first, and possibly only, scheduled meeting.

All Things Considered host Clay Masters and the MPR News politics team recap what was said and highlight key moments from the U.S. Senate debate between Democratic nominee Peggy Flanagan and Republican nominee Michele Tafoya.

Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation and subscribe to the Politics Friday podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or RSS, for a deeper dive into state politics.

Guests:

  • Dana Ferguson is a political correspondent for MPR News. 

  • Mike Mulcahy is a senior editor at MPR News and the former host of Politics Friday.