Minnesota primary is latest Democratic proxy fight for Senate and a test for Trump-backed hopefuls

Minnesota primary is latest Democratic proxy fight for Senate and a test for Trump-backed hopefuls  Toronto Star

A recount in a contested May Indiana state Senate primary has put Republican Paula Copenhaver, who was backed by President Donald Trump, ahead of incumbent Spencer Deery.

The Indiana Recount Commission on Monday moved to overturn the results of the May Republican primary election by throwing out three votes, handing the victory to a challenger backed by President Donald Trump in that state’s west-central Senate district. Paula Copenhaver had originally fallen to incumbent state Sen. Spe

Tafoya will face Adam Schwarze and Royce White in Tuesday’s primary election to set up November’s ballot.

Officially, the Democratic Party in the US has no presidential candidates for 2028. There are no campaign logos, no debate stages, and no formal announcements. But beneath the surface, the race to succeed—or reclaim—the White House has already begun.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In the streets surrounding a drab federal office complex next to the Minneapolis airport, the beleaguered resistance to US President Donald Trump found its footing. As US immigration agents staged at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building for a monthslong deportation campaign, protesters with whis

Trump's Immigration Crackdown Looms Over Minnesota's Bruising Senate Primary  HuffPost

Months later, confrontations between immigration agents and protestors in Minneapolis remain the backdrop to Minnesota's Democratic primary for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, which features establishment-backed U.S. Rep. Angie Craig and the more progressive Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan.

The Democratic Senate primary in Minnesota is heating up and immigration has become a central issue

Trump’s immigration crackdown looms over Minnesota’s bruising Senate primary  AP News

How El-Sayed’s win for Michigan’s Democratic primary reflects the rise of progressive values in the Senate race  CNN

In recent months, there has been a rising faction of far-left Democratic candidates winning primaries in multiple states, and some more moderate figures are alarmed.