The Democratic Minnesota lieutenant governor earlier this month announced her intention to run for U.S. Senate in 2026.

Racial covenants were used to prevent people of color from owning property and can partially be blamed for lingering racial ...

Nearly 100 people attended, including U.S. Sen. Tina Smith, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and other state and ...

A lack of funding for mental health services in Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan’s 2025 proposed state budget disappoints Minnesota’s mental health advocacy organizations. Walz and Flanagan’s ...

The state Supreme Court on Monday threw out 29 recall petitions filed by the GOP alleging DFL representatives failed to ...

Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan stopped by the Rochester Public Library on Wednesday as part of her Kitchen Table Conversations tour ...

Several people have announced they intend to run for Minnesota's open U.S. Senate in 2026 after U.S. Sen. Tina Smith said she ...

Since announcing her candidacy in February, Flanagan has started a tour of what her campaign has termed “kitchen-table ...

Former state Sen. Melisa López Franzen announced Monday she will run for the U.S. Senate in 2026, making her the second ...

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Former Minnesota Senate Minority Leader Melissa Lopez-Franzen is joining the race for U.S. Senate. The Democrat from Edina ...

López Franzen, former minority leader for the DFL, joins fellow Democrat Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan in the race for U.S. Senate.