Flanagan has been endorsed by Smith and a number of national left-wing figures, such as Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. She has been endorsed by the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and also by multiple former N.F.L. player and a perennial candidate in recent Minnesota elections; Adam Schwarze, a former Navy SEAL; and Tom Weiler, a veteran. The front-runner in the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party primary is the U.S. senator Amy Klobuchar, a former Presidential candidate who enjoys strong popularity in Minnesota. His main opponents are Lisa Demuth, the speaker of the Minnesota House, and Kendall Qualls, a businessman and veteran who has been endorsed by the Republican Party of Minnesota.