Progressive Peggy Flanagan wins Democratic Senate primary in Minnesota
Progressive candidate Peggy Flanagan has won the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota, defeating centrist opponent Angie Craig. Flanagan, supported by prominent progressives like Bernie Sanders, campaigned on expanding government programs and addressing systemic issues.
Why it matters
This victory signals a continued shift toward progressive candidates within the Democratic Party ahead of the midterm elections.
Progressive candidate Peggy Flanagan defeated a centrist opponent to clinch the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate from Minnesota, according to a race call by the Associated Press.
Flanagan, Minnesota's lieutenant governor, ran an at-times bitter campaign against Rep. Angie Craig.
With endorsements from Sen. Bernie Sanders , I-Vt., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Flanagan was the latest in a series of progressive Democrats to win primaries as the party chooses who will lead it into the midterm elections. They scored a win last week in another Midwest state, Michigan, where epidemiologist Abdul El-Sayed won the nomination for Senate.
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