The factional fight within the Democratic Party has moved to Minnesota, where voters are settling a moderate-versus-progressive U.S. Senate primary. The race between centrist U.S. Rep. Angie Craig and progressive Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan will determine the frontrunner for the November election.

Primary Race

Craig has lined up support from Democratic establishment figures, including House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Flanagan, on the other hand, has the support of leading progressive figures, such as Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

The race has been shaped by the killing of two protesters by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis, which fueled a backlash against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. Flanagan has highlighted Craig’s vote for the Laken Riley Act, an immigration bill that passed early in Trump’s second term. Craig repudiated her support after the protesters were killed.

Republican Primary

Republicans are hoping a fraud scandal involving the widespread theft of public funds will give them an opening in the election. Among the leading GOP candidates for governor is Mike Lindell, the Trump-endorsed founder of MyPillow, who has been a persistent advocate of the claim that Trump’s 2020 loss was fraudulent.

Lindell’s primary opponents include state House Speaker Lisa Demuth and businessman Kendall Qualls, who won the Minnesota GOP’s endorsement. Sen. Amy Klobuchar is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor in a primary against six other candidates.

Original reporting: KTBS 3 (Shreveport) — read the source article.