# Peggy Flanagan
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peggy flanagan (born September 22, 1979) is an American politician serving as the 50th lieutenant governor of Minnesota. She was elected lieutenant governor on November 6, 2018, and is the second Native American woman to be elected to statewide executive office in U.S. history. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Flanagan represented District 46A in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019.
Mums rewrote the US political map. Here's how they did it
One day since American voters handed Democrats control of both the House and the Senate, Angela Priestley speaks with Liuba Grechen Shirley, founder and CEO of Vote Mama, the organisation that backs Democratic mums running for office at every level, from local school boards to the US Senate.
Vote M…
Friday, November 6, 2026
Grassroots leaders are celebrating historic victories for Native candidates in Tuesday’s election. They hope Lt. Gov. and U.S. Sen.-elect Peggy Flanagan (White Earth Band of Ojibwe), D-Minnesota, will bring her state and the nation a specific type of leadership allies say is sorely needed.
Mike M…
Friday, November 6, 2026
Grassroots leaders are celebrating historic victories for Native candidates in Tuesday’s election. They hope Lt. Gov. and U.S. Sen.-elect Peggy Flanagan (White Earth Band of Ojibwe), D-Minnesota, will bring her state and the nation a specific type of leadership allies say is sorely needed.
Mike M…
DE(lection)I wins, glass cliff Democrats, CEO re-de-unwokification
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The DEI Comeback? Overall Congress (119th ➔ 120th Projected)
Total Women: 28.4% (152 members) ➔ 30.0%+ (155+ members)
Total Democratic Women: 43% (111 members) ➔ >47% (117 to 130+ members)
Total Republican Women: 15% (41 members) ➔ ~11% (24 to 28 members)…
We're Still Here with Simon and Julie
November is Native American Heritage Month—and this year, it arrives amid a historic wave of Indigenous political representation and renewed debate over the federal government’s obligations to Native nations. Journalist Simon Moya-Smith and Indigenous studies educator and mental health professional…
Bob Dylan in a Hoodie at the Vatican and a Week of Light and Darkness
A pope in white and a songwriter in a black hoodie meet at the Vatican, and it looks like a film about light and darkness.
That's Pope Leo and Bob Dylan, two of the best-known Bobs from the Midwest, and the two of them have a relationship already. The Pope put a quote from Dylan's 1963 song Go Away…
2769 - Schumer & Jeffries On The Ropes?; The Socialist Blueprint w/ Bhaskar Sunkara, Ben Burgis
It's Monday and that means another Majority Report.
On today's program:
As a whole new class of Democrats head to Washington D.C., the debate over party leadership heats up.
Scott Colom, the likely Senator from Mississippi, says he is concerned that the Democratic leaders from both the House and…
Tough Love, Blue Waves, and
It’s Diwali weekend and democracy is back!
Meghan gives a full 2026 midterms rundown - both chambers flipped, Texas goes blue, and four Democratic governors now hold every Mexico border state. Updates from our discussion:
One the recording we say that 34 governors are needed to change the Consti…
Welcome Blue Wave Women!
WELCOME, BLUE WAVE WOMEN! A HISTORIC VICTORY FOR WOMEN IN AMERICA! 💙
Join your hosts Pamela Millar and Sophie Lapaire, along with associate producer Mistie Gotch, for a special celebration of the historic 2026 U.S. midterm elections, when women shattered political barriers, flipped Republican-held…
Activists Around the World: Peggy Flanagan
Today we're celebrating Peggy Flanagan, the first Native American woman to be elected to the US Senate.
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