She could become the first Indigenous American woman to serve in the U.S. Senate.
On Tuesday, Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan won the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate ahead of the November election. She obtained 59% of the votes, prevailing over Congresswoman Angie Craig, a representative of the party’s moderate wing.
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During the campaign, she advocated progressive positions on issues including immigration, reproductive rights and access to health care. She made her opposition to President Donald Trump’s policies one of the central themes of her candidacy, which received the support Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.
Flanagan is an Indigenous woman of Irish descent and a citizen of the White Earth Nation. Her father, Marvin Manypenny, was a Native American activist who worked to defend the territorial rights and sovereignty of Indigenous peoples.
She studied child psychology and American Indian studies at the University of Minnesota. She began her political career as an organizer in the urban Indigenous community and was elected to the Minneapolis school board in 2004.
PEGGY FLANAGAN WINS HER PRIMARY FOR MINNESOTA’S US SENATE SEAT!!
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In 2015, she joined the Minnesota House of Representatives, and in 2018 she was elected lieutenant governor alongside Tim Walz, a position to which she was reelected in 2022.
In the November election, Flanagan will face Republican Michele Tafoya, a former television sports commentator. If she wins the election, Flanagan could become the first Indigenous American woman to serve in the Senate.
As the Democratic primaries come to a close, the party’s two factions have engaged in a close battle for the nominations ahead of the midterm elections, in which control of the Senate is at stake for the final part of the Trump administration, which has been marked by low approval ratings in the latest polls.
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