Dem Rep. Angie Craig Launches Minnesota Senate Bid

NBC News reports:

Democratic Rep. Angie Craig announced Tuesday that she’s running for the Senate in Minnesota, a long-expected campaign that sets up a crowded primary among Craig, the state’s lieutenant governor and a former state legislative leader.

In her announcement video, Craig criticized President Donald Trump for “trampling our rights and freedoms as he profits,” Elon Musk as “an out-of-control, unelected billionaire trying to take control of our government and burn it to the ground” and “cowardly congressional Republicans.”

She’s part of a growing field of candidates looking to replace Sen. Tina Smith, the Democrat who announced this winter she wouldn’t seek re-election. Smith is one of four Democratic senators who are leaving at the end of 2026, and her departure opens up a seat in a state Democrats are favored to win (the last time Republicans won a Senate seat in Minnesota was 2002) but one that has become more competitive in recent years.

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