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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joe Sommerlad

Former NFL sideline reporter announces Senate bid in Minnesota as a Republican

Former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya has announced she is running for the Senate in Minnesota as a Republican.

In a video posted to social media Wednesday promoting her candidacy, Tafoya, 61, argued that her career as a sports journalist meant she had “walked the sidelines when the pressure was mounting and the stakes were the highest – and that job taught me about more than football, it taught me about how leadership really works.”

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