Former Minnesota DFL legislator Melisa López Franzen has announced she will run for the U.S. Senate seat set to be vacated by ...

Gov. Tim Walz will not run for Sen. Tina Smith's seat when she vacates it in 2026, a spokesperson from his office confirmed ...

Melisa López Franzen, a former Democratic leader in the Legislature, said she will run for Minnesota’s open U.S. Senate seat ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Gov. Tim Walz won't join his Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan in the 2026 race to replace Sen. Tina Smith in Congress, the governor's spokesperson said Wednesday morning. According to his ...

Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Tina Smith. Republican Royce White, who ran against Amy Klobuchar in 2024, also declared his ...

Flanagan has served as the state’s 50th lieutenant governor alongside Gov. Tim Walz since 2019. She helped create the Minnesota Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Office, a first for the ...

Democratic U.S. Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota announced on Thursday that she will not run for reelection next year.

Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan made clear she plans to run. She will likely face several other Democrats.

Gov. Peggy Flanagan officially launched her campaign for U.S. Senate on Thursday, a week after saying she would run following Sen. Tina Smith's declaration she would not seek reelection next year.

A Democrat candidate announced her candidacy to replace U.S. Sen Tina Smith, D-Minn., less than two hours after the senator announced she wasn't seeking reelection in 2026. Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan ...

Cross WASHINGTON — Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan was the first Democrat to express interest in running for Sen. Tina Smith’s seat after the senator announced Thursday she would not run for re ...