MN-SEN: Sanders Looks to Flex the Left's Power With Senate Endorsement in Minnesota

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is wading ever more deeply into the Democratic Party’s ideological tug of war, endorsing Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan of Minnesota in her contested primary race to replace the retiring Senator Tina Smith, a Democrat. The move is Mr. Sanders’s third endorsement in a competitive primary for Senate.

Ms. Flanagan, who was elected twice as the running mate of Gov. Tim Walz, is facing off against Representative Angie Craig, a Democrat. Their race is one of many primaries next year that will help determine the direction of the party.

In a statement provided first to The New York Times, Mr. Sanders hailed Ms. Flanagan as having “the guts to stand up for working people against the billionaires and the corporate interests.”

Mr. Sanders, 84, an independent, was the runner-up in the last two competitive Democratic presidential primaries. Still one of the party’s most popular politicians, he remains determined to reshape it in his image. He has already endorsed progressive candidates in open Democratic Senate races in Michigan and Maine next year.




https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/us/politics/bernie-sanders-peggy-flanagan-michigan-senate-endorsement.html