INTRO: The two candidates vying to be Minnesota’s next Senator squared off in a debate as early voting begins. Democratic Senate candidate Peggy Flanagan (D-MN) defending herself amid claims that she did not adequately address the fraud scheme that roiled the state earlier this year in her role as Lieutenant Governor.
ACK: Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan (D-MN)
TAG: Flanagan’s Republican opponent, Michele Tafoya, blamed Flanagan and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) for not taking action to prevent fraud sooner.
KEYWORD: Politics, Election
