The Brief Former sports broadcaster Michele Tafoya is the projected winner of the Minnesota Senate Republican primary election. Tafoya beat out Adam Schwarze, who was the GOP endorsement, and Royce White. Former sports broadcaster turned Republican political consultant Michele Tafoya has won the Republican nomination for Minnesota's U.S. Senate seat. Who is Michele Tafoya? Tafoya finished second in the state Republican convention in May, where Adam Schwarze won the party’s endorsement.