MN Primaries: Good for Left, Tough for My Pillow Guy

While it was nearly overshadowed by wild and unpredictable brawls in next-door Michigan and Wisconsin, progressives notched another major primary win in Minnesota on Tuesday. Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan soundly defeated moderate congresswoman Angie Craig for the Democratic nomination to succeed retiring U.S. senator Tina Smith. Flanagan ran virtually even with Craig in her Twin Cities suburban base and crushed her in urban Minneapolis and St. Paul, coasting to a landslide win statewide.