Bernie Sanders Stumps for Peggy Flanagan During First Avenue Rally
Sanders framed Flanagan’s campaign as a fight for working-class voters against billionaires and outside spending.
- Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders rallied supporters at Minneapolis music venue First Avenue on Monday, campaigning for Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan as she seeks the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate.
- The primary race between Flanagan and Congresswoman Angie Craig embodies the Democratic Party's internal debate, pitting Flanagan's call for "great leaps" against Craig's preference for incremental policy changes.
- Craig has outraised Flanagan two-to-one, accumulating $12 million against Flanagan's $6 million through June 30. Flanagan's campaign, dubbed "The Many over the Money," frames this spending as evidence of Craig's ties to special interests.
- Supporters rallied around Flanagan's opposition to ICE, while criticizing Craig for her past vote in favor of the Laken Riley Act. Craig has since expressed regret for that vote.
- With early voting underway, the August 11 primary election serves as a test for the progressive wing's influence in Minnesota. The contest ultimately determines the Democratic candidate best positioned to challenge Republicans in the general election.
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Peggy Flanagan’s U.S. Senate push brings Sen. Bernie Sanders to First Avenue
A rally for Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan at First Avenue in Minneapolis included progressive star U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, along with several key figures in the Minnesota DFL. Flanagan is taking on U.S. Rep. Angie Craig for the DFL primary for a U.S. Senate seat.
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Bernie Sanders stumps for Peggy Flanagan during First Avenue rally
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders believes discontent with the political establishment who he says hasn’t delivered for working class Americans will propel progressives into positions of power across the country — including Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan. Sanders, an icon of the…
Minnesota Reformer
Southernminn.comBernie Sanders headlines First Avenue rally for Peggy Flanagan in contentious Senate race
U.S. Rep. Angie Craig recently derided Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, her rival in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, by saying America doesn’t need another Bernie Sanders in Congress. The thousand people who packed into First Avenue Monday night to hear Sanders campaign for Flanagan loudly disagreed. Sanders’ Monday rally in downtown Minneapolis is his […]
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