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 ...

Sen. Tina Smith says she will not seek re-election; Flanagan announces bid for seat U.S. Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minnesota, speaks at an event in Moorhead on Aug. 15, 2024. Chris Flynn / The Forum ...

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 ...

Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan announced she plans to run for U.S. Senate on the same day Sen. Tina Smith announced she will not be seeking reelection next year.

Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan announced she plans to run for U.S. Senate on the same day Sen. Tina Smith announced she will not be seeking reelection next year.

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-election ...

This news comes on the same day U.S. Sen. Tina Smith said she would not seek reelection in 2026.. Peggy Flanagan ‘intends’ to run for Senate. What they're saying. In a statement on social ...