State\u2019s Democratic lieutenant governor bests Angie Craig in another election contest pitting a progressive against a moderate<\/p>\n
Peggy Flanagan, Minnesota\u2019s lieutenant governor, won the Democratic primary for US Senate in the state, in another election contest that pitted a progressive against a moderate, this time with immigration issues at the center.<\/p>\n
The US Senate race in Minnesota, in which Flanagan ousted congresswoman Angie Craig, was yet another example of progressive campaigns toppling moderates as an anti-establishment wave continues across Democratic primaries. But the state\u2019s race was also a response to the long shadow of the Trump administration\u2019s immigration crackdown in January.<\/p>\n
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