Photo: Ken Lund / CC BY-SA 2.0 (Minnesota State Capitol, 2018 archive)
Democrat Peggy Flanagan won Minnesota’s U.S. Senate election on Tuesday, defeating Republican Michele Tafoya, who conceded the race.
Tafoya, a former sports broadcaster, said she congratulated Flanagan on a “spirited” and “hard-fought” race, Fox News reported. NBC News named Flanagan the winner in an update at 12:08 a.m. Eastern Wednesday.
The result keeps the Senate seat in Democratic hands. Flanagan, Minnesota’s lieutenant governor, ran for the seat after Sen. Amy Klobuchar left it to run for governor, a race Klobuchar won Tuesday, according to NBC.
Official vote counting continues. A media race call is not an election certification.
JBizNews Desk | Washington
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