Peggy Flanagan, Minnesota's lieutenant governor, won the Democratic primary for US Senate in a race centered on immigration enforcement after the Trump administration crackdown turned deadly and destructive earlier this year. Flanagan ousted congresswoman Angie Craig in yet another example of progressive campaigns toppling moderates amid an anti-establishment wave among Democrats. Tim Walz, the Democratic governor, initially sought a third term, but dropped his bid after ongoing fraud scandals threatened to distract from the race. Flanagan said she expected to be part of the US Senate "fight club" of progressive senators in the chamber. In the first congressional district in southern Minnesota, Jake Johnson, a high school teacher, secured the nomination to take on Brad Finstad in a potential Democratic pickup.