The governor of Minnesota will appoint a temporary senator until a special election is held next November. But which governor — current Gov. Tim Walz or Gov.-elect Amy Klobuchar?
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Democrats Amy Klobuchar and Peggy Flanagan won Minnesota’s top two races Tuesday night, according to The Associated Press. Klobuchar, now in the U.S. Senate, will become the state’s next governor, and Lt. Gov. Flanagan will succeed retiring Sen. Tina Smith in Washington.
Democrats charted an extraordinary path to Senate victory through some of the most conservative states in the nation.
Minnesota DFL Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, who used her own upbringing to connect with voters feeling financially strapped, made history Tuesday by winning a U.S. Senate seat.
The outcome of the 1st Congressional District race between incumbent Republican Rep. Brad Finstad and Democratic challenger Jake Johnson remained too close to call Wednesday morning.
Bob Dylan has come knockin’ on Pope Leo XIV’s door. The American singer-songwriter and poet visited with the American pope at the Vatican during a break between concert dates in Italy.
Frazier will fill the seat being vacated by Mary Moriarty, who opted against running for reelection after one term.
Peggy Flanagan’s path to the U.S. Senate runs through generations of Native women who built institutions, raised leaders and fought for their families in Minnesota. People who have worked alongside her describe what that legacy means as she brings it to Washington.
The refinery employs about 375 people and has a refining capacity of 105,000 barrels of oil a day, producing gas, propane, asphalt and other petroleum products.
DFLers again swept the races for Minnesota’s constitutional officers. Attorney General Keith Ellison and Secretary of State Steve Simon won reelection, and Zack Filipovich won the open seat for state auditor.
Klobuchar, Minnesota’s senior U.S. senator and a former county prosecutor, jumped into the race late after and campaigned on a message of ending fraud in state government and making the state work better for its citizens.
Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan is the first Native American woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate. She is a member of the White Earth Nation in northwest Minnesota.
Millions of dollars poured into a select few races as Republicans and DFLers jockey for control of the Legislature. Both chambers were at stake, which will also determine how the new governor’s agenda fares in 2027.
