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Michele Tafoya Leads Minnesota GOP Senate Primary, Polls Show

8/14/2026

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Michele Tafoya, 61, leads the Minnesota Republican Senate primary on Tuesday.
She earned Emmys covering the NFL and broadcast Super Bowl LVI in 2022.
Tafoya opposes transgender women competing in women’s sports and publicly repeats that stance.
She cites five miscarriages, supports abortion access up to 12 weeks, and backs the 2022 Supreme Court decision ending federal abortion protections.

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Michele Tafoya, 61, leads the Minnesota Republican Senate primary on Tuesday.
She earned Emmys covering the NFL and broadcast Super Bowl LVI in 2022.
Tafoya opposes transgender women competing in women’s sports and publicly repeats that stance.
She cites five miscarriages, supports abortion access up to 12 weeks, and backs the 2022 Supreme Court decision ending federal abortion protections.