AP: Flanagan projected to win US Senate race

ST PAUL, Minn. — Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan is projected to take Tina Smith’s U.S. Senate seat after the Associated Press declared her the projected winner Tuesday night.

Once results are official, Flanagan will be the first Native American elected to the U.S. Senate.

Republican opponent Michele Tafoya, a former NFL sideline reporter, trailed in the polls entering Election Day, but narrowed the gap in the closing days. 

Throughout the campaign, the two sparred over immigration, fraud, crime, and the Iran War. 

Flanagan said in her closing she is fighting for Medicare for All, universal child care, higher wages and an end to the Iran war, and asked for support “so this grift that is continued under Donald Trump comes to ...