{
  "id": 16028610,
  "title": "In reliably blue Minnesota, could Democrats do the unthinkable and lose a Senate seat?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/in-reliably-blue-minnesota-could-democrats-do-the-unthinkable-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T10:00:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/22/minnesota-senate-race-peggy-flanagan-michele-tafoya"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}