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Rachel Leingang in Minneapolis

Progressive Peggy Flanagan sweeps Minnesota Senate primary in race defined by anti-ICE anger

Woman in red blazer speaks into mic
Peggy Flanagan at a campaign rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 20 July. Photograph: Tim Evans/Reuters

Peggy Flanagan, Minnesota’s lieutenant governor, won the Democratic primary for US Senate in a race centered on immigration enforcement after the Trump administration crackdown turned deadly and destructive earlier this year.

Flanagan ousted congresswoman Angie Craig in yet another example of progressive campaigns toppling moderates amid an anti-establishment wave among Democrats.

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