Senator-elect Peggy Flanagan calls for new leadership of Senate Democrats

By: Max Nesterak

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: November 4, 2026

Words: 478

Last Updated: 5 days, 2 hours ago

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Peggy Flanagan, in her first news conference since being elected to the U.S. Senate, hailed the new voices headed to Congress after Democrats won landslide victories across the country in Tuesday’s midterms.

Voters elected at least 10 new Democratic senators, already the largest incoming class of elected first-time Democratic Senators in 40 years, with results from Alaska and Mississippi still outstanding. Many made history: Flanagan is the first Native American woman elected to the Senate, …

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