Politics Friday: Flanagan, Tafoya hold first senate debate

MPR News politics editor Brian Bakst moderated the U.S. Senate debate between Peggy Flanagan and Michele Tafoya.
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MPR News politics editor Brian Bakst moderated the U.S. Senate debate between Peggy Flanagan and Michele Tafoya.

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The major party candidates for Minnesota’s U.S. Senate seat faced off in an hourlong debate Friday on MPR News with fraud, affordability and fallout from the Trump administration’s policies as key points of friction.

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