The 2026 Minnesota Senate race: Peggy Flanagan vs. Michele Tafoya

Gone quiet · last story Aug 12, 2026

What this arc covers

The 2026 race for Minnesota's U.S. Senate seat: the Democratic primary between Peggy Flanagan and Angie Craig, Flanagan's win, and her general election against Republican Michele Tafoya.

Earliest story we hold Apr 29, 2025 · 6 stories · 45 independent sources (counted once each) · 470 days

Part ofUnited States SenateMinnesotaAngie CraigPeggy FlanaganMinnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor PartyDemocratic Party

Part of The 2026 Senate races

  1. The 2026 Michigan Senate race: Abdul El-Sayed vs. Mike RogersApr 14, 2025 – Sep 23, 2026
  2. The 2026 Illinois Senate race to succeed Dick DurbinApr 23, 2025 – Mar 18, 2026
  3. The 2026 Minnesota Senate race: Peggy Flanagan vs. Michele TafoyaThis arcApr 29, 2025 – Aug 12, 2026
  4. The 2026 Georgia Senate race: Jon Ossoff vs. Mike CollinsMay 5, 2025 – Sep 29, 2026
  5. The 2026 Nebraska Senate race: Pete Ricketts vs. Dan OsbornJul 8, 2025 – Sep 16, 2026
  6. The 2026 North Carolina Senate race: Roy Cooper vs. Michael WhatleyJul 24, 2025 – Sep 28, 2026
  7. The 2026 Iowa Senate race: Josh Turek vs. Ashley HinsonAug 29, 2025 – Sep 23, 2026
  8. The 2026 Wyoming Senate race to succeed Cynthia LummisDec 19, 2025 – Aug 19, 2026
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  3. The 2026 Florida Senate race: Ashley Moody vs. Angie NixonJan 16, 2025 – Sep 19, 2026
  4. The 2026 Kentucky Senate race to succeed Mitch McConnellFeb 20, 2025 – Jan 19, 2026
  5. The 2026 New Hampshire Senate race: Chris Pappas vs. John E. SununuMar 12, 2025 – Sep 9, 2026
  6. The 2026 Alaska Senate race: Dan Sullivan vs. Mary PeltolaJan 12 – Sep 24, 2026
  7. The 2026 Louisiana Senate race: Bill Cassidy's primary defeatJan 18 – Jun 27, 2026
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  11. The 2026 South Carolina Senate race: Darline Graham vs. Annie AndrewsSep 11 – Sep 27, 2026

Where it standsnewest first · each bar runs left to right by leaning

Aug 122026Tafoya, Flanagan to face off for U.S. Senate2 articles · 2 independent sources
0 left, 0 center, 1 right
Aug 10– 132026Peggy Flanagan wins Senate primary in Minnesota, notching another victory for progressive Democrats51 articles · 40 independent sources
8 left, 9 center, 11 right
Aug 92026U.S. Senate candidates debate Minnesota fraud4 articles · 4 independent sources
0 left, 0 center, 1 right

Who covered it, over timeindependent sources per week, by side

Apr 2025Jul 2025Nov 2025Feb 2026May 2026Aug 2026

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Every week as a table
Week ofLeftCenterRightArticles
Apr 28, 202533320
Jan 19, 202615625
Jul 6, 202600110
Aug 3, 20260014
Aug 10, 2026891253

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

22% left · 33% center · 45% right of 45 independent sources among the outlets we track, across 6 stories.

Every storyoldest first

  1. April 2025

    Apr 29U.S. Rep. Angie Craig launches bid for U.S. Senate20 articles · 19 independent sources
    3 left, 3 center, 3 right

  2. January 2026

    Jan 21Republican Michele Tafoya, a former NFL sideline reporter, to launch Minnesota Senate run26 articles · 22 independent sources
    1 left, 5 center, 6 right

  3. July 2026

    Jul 8Flanagan, Craig clash over outside spending in DFL US Senate primary10 articles · 10 independent sources
    0 left, 0 center, 1 right

  4. August 2026

    Aug 9U.S. Senate candidates debate Minnesota fraud4 articles · 4 independent sources
    0 left, 0 center, 1 right
  5. Aug 10– 13Peggy Flanagan wins Senate primary in Minnesota, notching another victory for progressive Democrats51 articles · 40 independent sources
    8 left, 9 center, 11 right
  6. Aug 12Tafoya, Flanagan to face off for U.S. Senate2 articles · 2 independent sources
    0 left, 0 center, 1 right