Minnesota Republican Senate Hopeful and Former NFL Reporter Michele TaFoya Makes Pitch to Democrats to Fight ‘Socialist Lurch’ of Their Party

Former NFL reporter Michele Tafoya won her primary election on Tuesday night in Minnesota. – image from her campaign page

Tuesday, brilliant FOX News contributor Michele TaFoya won the Republican primary election for US Senate in Minnesota.

Thank you, Minnesota! I am honored to be the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate.

Tonight’s results show Minnesotans are ready for a new direction. Together, we will bring common sense back to Washington, fight fraud, hold those responsible accountable, and win in November.… pic.twitter.com/GXSFM38e9c

— Michele Tafoya (@Michele_Tafoya) August 12, 2026

TaFoya will face Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan. Last year, Flanagan pandered to the Somali community by appearing in a video wearing a hijab while gushing about how they’re woven into the “fabric” of the state.

Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan

Flanagan embraces a host of far-left policies. She supports ‘Medicare for All’ and calls healthcare a “human right.”

She supports banning assault weapons, high-capacity magazines, and ghost guns, while also backing “common-sense” gun safety measures and resources for safe storage.

She has described Israel’s actions in Gaza as “genocide” and said she would support blocking offensive weapons sales to Israel.

As for keeping American citizens safe, she has called for Democrats in positions of power to aggressively target and prosecute ICE agents while declaring that the agency must be “ripped apart.” She has criticized mass deportation efforts and opposed the Laken Riley Act.

TaFoya wants to make sure that reasonable Democrats know they do not have to vote for the radical Flanagan.

Per Fox News:

“We do not want to see a socialist lurch anywhere in this country, and in particular in Minnesota, so I will do whatever I can to stand up against this movement toward Democrat socialism,” Tafoya told Fox News Digital on Tuesday shortly after voting in a suburb outside Minneapolis. “Socialism does not work.”

“There is absolutely a home for every voter in Minnesota that wants common sense, that wants a return to sanity, that wants to see kids learn in school again, that wants accountability for this fraud, who wants the fraud never repeat itself, who wants crime rates to go down again,” Tafoya told Fox News Digital.

“There is room for you. We are the common sense candidacy and we’re gonna represent a lot more than just conservatives in this state.”

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“Our state has been going in the wrong direction at the speed of sound and people who love Minnesota are brokenhearted, and we see that this has happened under the watch of career politicians single-party rule, for many years now they’ve brought us to this place it’s time for change and I think we’re going to appeal to voters across the political spectrum to stand up and say we’re not going to continue to re-elect the people that got us to this place to begin with,” Tafoya told Fox News Digital.

 

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