# Flanagan wins Minnesota Senate primary as progressive wave holds 2026-08-11T00:35:20+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a progressive backed by Senator Bernie Sanders, defeated moderate Congresswoman Angie Craig in the state's Democratic US Senate primary on Tuesday. The result follows Abdul El-Sayed's win in Michigan's Senate primary last week and adds to pressure on Democratic leaders confronting a leftward shift. Flanagan will face Republican Michele Tafoya, a former NFL reporter who won a nine-candidate GOP field. In Wisconsin, Democratic voters go to the polls on Tuesday in a chaotic governor primary between progressive Francesca Hong and Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, who has outgoing Governor Tony Evers's backing. The Republican Governors Association has spent nearly USD 3.6 million on ads highlighting Hong's liberal policies, which Democrats say is a bid to boost an easier opponent for Republican Tom Tiffany in November. ## Coverage - indiatoday.in - timesnownews.com Tags: Democratic primaries, Immigration, Minnesota, progressives, US elections, Wisconsin Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/wisconsin-minnesota-primaries-test-democratic-shift-to-left/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/wisconsin-minnesota-primaries-test-democratic-shift-to-left/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.