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In reliably blue Minnesota, could Democrats do the unthinkable and lose a Senate seat?
Frustration with a sprawling fraud scandal has cut Peggy Flanagan’s poll lead – could ex-NFL reporter Michele Tafoya win a first statewide election for Republicans in 20 years?As Democrats fight to regain control of the US Senate, hopes are rising in states – from Kansas to Texas – where they have not prevailed in decades. But in Minnesota, where Republicans have not won statewide election since 2006, the contest for an open Senate seat is closer than expected.Should Peggy Flanagan – the state’s Democratic lieutenant governor – win the election, she will be the first Native American woman to s...
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