India, Nov. 2 -- Margaret "Peggy" Flanagan has emerged as a prominent leader in the state of Minnesota as she campaigns for Minnesota's US Senate seat in the November 2026 midterm elections. A nominee of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party, she will be facing Republican candidate Michele Tafoya, a former sports broadcaster. As per her campaign website, if elected, she'll be the first Native American woman to ever serve in the US Senate.

Flanagan began her political career as a member of the Minneapolis Board of Education, serving from 2005 to 2009. She later got elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2015. During her tenure, she worked on child care access and affordability and helped establish the People of Color and I...