Flanagan wins Minnesota Senate seat left open by Smith
Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (D) is projected to win the state's Senate race, defeating Republican challenger Michele Tafoya, according to Decision Desk HQ. Flanagan, who has served as the state’s lieutenant governor since 2019, will replace retiring Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.). Flanagan is projected to win with nearly 55 percent support, with just under...
According to Decision Desk HQ, Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan is projected to win the state's Senate race, defeating Republican challenger Michele Tafoya. Flanagan, who has held the lieutenant governor position since 2019, is expected to replace retiring Senator Tina Smith. The Hill reports she is projected to win with nearly 55 percent support.
In Kansas, CBS News projects that Democratic Reverend Adam Hamilton has defeated Republican incumbent Roger Marshall. Hamilton, a 62-year-old author and speaker who leads the country's largest United Methodist church, becomes the first Democrat to represent Kansas in the Senate since 1932.
The Kansas race was considered a major upset, as Marshall had served in the Senate since 2021 after previously serving in the U.S. House since 2017. CBS News notes that Hamilton ran on an affordability-focused agenda and sought to build a cross-party coalition.
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