Margaret “Peggy” Flanagan has emerged as a prominent leader in the state of Minnesota as she campaigns for Minnesota’s US Senate seat in the November 2026 midterm elections. A nominee of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party, she will be facing Republican candidate Michele Tafoya, a former sports broadcaster. As per her campaign website, if elected, she’ll be the first Native American woman to ever serve in the US Senate.Peggy Flanagan is a member of Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL). (Getty Images via AFP)Flanagan began her political career as a member of the Minneapolis Board of Education, serving from 2005 to 2009. She…