Minnesota Senate primary turns on fallout from Trump deportation push
What's new: Tuesday's Democratic contest pits Rep. Angie Craig against Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan as protests and two killings still shape the race.
Minnesota's Democratic primary for U.S. Senate on Tuesday has become a test of how far candidates should go in opposing President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, backed by party establishment figures, faces Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, who has used Craig's earlier support for tougher enforcement to cast her as too accommodating to the administration. The race has been shadowed by months of protests around the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building near the Minneapolis airport, where immigration agents operated during a deportation campaign. Two people, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, were killed in street violence tied to the unrest before Trump eased the operation under pressure.