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Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan has won the Democratic primary for the Senate in Minnesota, NBC News projects, notching another major victory for her party\u2019s progressive wing. <\/p>\n

Read more Minnesota GOP picks Lisa Demuth over Trump-backed Mike Lindell for governor against Democrat Amy Klobuchar<\/a><\/p>\n

Flanagan defeated moderate Rep. Angie Craig in the race to succeed retiring Sen. Tina Smith, who endorsed Flanagan along with Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and other progressive leaders. She would be the first Native American woman in the Senate if she is elected in November.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis entire campaign has been about the many versus the money,\u201d Flanagan told NBC News\u2019 \u201cMeet the Press Now\u201d on the eve of the primary. Craig and her allies combined to spend nearly $20 million on the airwaves, while Flanagan and her allies spent $4.7 million, according to AdImpact. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m running to make sure that people can afford the lives they want to live,\u201d Flanagan said. \u201cI want to get big money out of our politics, and I want to fight for things like \u2018Medicare for All\u2019 so that people aren\u2019t just paying for health insurance but actually have access to health care.\u201d<\/p>\n

Flanagan criticized Craig, who is in her fourth term, for not standing up enough to President Donald Trump\u2019s administration, which Craig disputed. Craig, who held a competitive House seat in the Twin Cities metro area, had argued that she was the best candidate to win in November. <\/p>\n

Immigration became a major dividing line in the race after federal agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, in Minneapolis this year amid the Trump administration\u2019s immigration enforcement surge. <\/p>\n

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Craig faced criticism for having voted for the Laken Riley Act, an immigration detention measure that Trump signed into law shortly after he started his second term in January 2025. Craig said she later regretted that vote. Flanagan has called for abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying in a recent Minnesota Public Radio debate that ICE \u201chas to be ripped apart.\u201d Flanagan said she does support immigration enforcement to ensure secure borders. <\/p>\n

Flanagan, meanwhile, faced criticism from Craig over Minnesota\u2019s handling of fraud in social services programs, with Craig suggesting that Republicans would be eager to use the issue against Flanagan in the fall. Flanagan accused Craig of parroting \u201cRepublican talking points.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked during their debate whether she had a role in responding to the fraud scandal, Flanagan said, \u201cThe governor has taken the lead here, and the administration has been aggressive internally in working to stop fraud, prevent it from happening in the first place.\u201d <\/p>\n

Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, who decided not to run for re-election, stayed neutral in the Senate primary. But his wife, Gwen, backed Craig over Flanagan, the governor\u2019s ticketmate. <\/p>\n

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After a divisive primary, Flanagan\u2019s next task will be to unite the party as Democrats turn to November. She told \u201cMeet the Press Now\u201d that Democrats would come together to take on Trump. <\/p>\n

\u201cCongresswoman Craig and I will be unified in making sure that Democrats hold this seat no matter what happens. We can\u2019t afford to give this Donald Trump one more seat in the United States Senate,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

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Craig said during the debate that she would support Flanagan if she won the primary. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe have an existential crisis in our nation with Trump and Republicans, and so I would be right by the lieutenant governor\u2019s side asking my supporters to support her,\u201d Craig said. \u201cThe most important thing in this election is that we beat Republicans. That\u2019s what matters.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the Republican side, former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya won the Senate primary, NBC News projects. Although Trump did not endorse in the primary, Tafoya had support from National Republican Senatorial Campaign Chairman Tim Scott, R-S.C., as national Republicans viewed her as the only contender who could put the race in play. <\/p>\n

Tafoya, a self-described \u201cpro-choice\u201d Republican, has faced some questions about her conservative credentials. She did not win the state GOP\u2019s endorsement at the May convention, where delegates instead backed retired Navy SEAL Adam Schwarze. <\/p>\n

She pitched herself as a political outsider, pledging in a campaign ad to \u201ccrack down on corruption, stop illegal immigrants from voting in our elections and to keep men out of women\u2019s sports.\u201d <\/p>\n

Republicans are optimistic the race could be competitive in the fall, as they have made some gains in the state in the Trump era. <\/p>\n

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Trump lost Minnesota by 4 percentage points in 2024, winning 47% of the vote, which was the best performance by a GOP presidential candidate in two decades. But it has also been 20 years since Republicans last won a statewide election in Minnesota, when Tim Pawlenty was re-elected as governor in 2006.<\/p>\n

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