Angie Craig
US Senate candidate (D-MN)
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How coverage of Angie Craig shifted in the last 3 days vs the prior 28.
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Angie Craig's primary performance raises concerns about campaign effectiveness
Recent coverage has shifted to emphasize Angie Craig's struggles in the primary against Peggy Flanagan, particularly highlighting her limited campaigning due to commitments in Washington. This has led to a perception that her campaign may not be resonating with voters as effectively as her opponent's.
vs. prior weeks: Previously, coverage focused more on her moderate stance and general campaign dynamics rather than specific concerns about her campaign effectiveness and voter engagement.
Data through Aug 21, 2026· single-outlet — treat with caution
Recent Mentions (643 total)
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“ Yeah, I mean, I think that the ads are going to get nasty, especially because the independent expenditures in the pack where the candidates actually don't have any control over that. And those ads are particularly nasty. So I do think that they're going to be nasty. I think people are getting kind of like, because the primary has had so many ads, I don't know, and I think you can ask Angie Craig, I don't know how effective those become. I think that the actual candidates in their vision and them outlining why they're the best.”
11:27· open transcript“ That's an understatement, isn't it? Yeah. The most recent example, of course, was just this week in Florida, or Angie Nixon upset Alex Vindman in the Democratic Senate primary down there. That was a bit of a shocker. And we've seen the polls way off here in Michigan, in Wisconsin, and the gubernatorial show down there on the Democratic side. And in Minnesota, where the lieutenant governor, Peggy Flanagan, topped Angie Craig, the more moderate Democratic congresswoman. You know, this corporation in Massachusetts is...”
4:41· open transcript“ out now that there's some actors out there that are putting out bad polls on purpose. I don't know if that's in Minnesota, but it's something that's been kind of injected into this election is just very bad polls because you're right. There were some polls that showed Angie Craig, Peggy Flanagan, neck and neck, and it was not on election night. It was pretty overwhelming. You're obviously going on to the November, we got this campaign underway. Do you like having an August primary?”
4:00· open transcript“ Tomorrow's resident feedback presentation is at 1 p.m. at Fulton Beer Tap Room. The two candidates who battled it out for the DFL nomination for the U.S. Senate race stood together on stage yesterday as a show of unity. Congresswoman Angie Craig and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan praised each other as Craig threw her support behind Flanagan. Flanagan, the party nominee, thanked Craig for her work in Congress and her campaign. Angie and I are proud Democrats who love this state.”
0:48· open transcript“ And that was their message. Okay. Let's expound on a couple of the things that you said. So let's talk about Metro Surge. You know, Angie Craig was against it as well, went to some of these detention centers. Yet her vote on Lake and Riley, do you think that ultimately, even though she said she regretted it, was part of the reason or part of the reason, you know, people said they didn't want to vote for her progressives particularly is because of sometimes she did vote with Trump?”
1:18· open transcript“ The more moderate David Crowley eeked out an upset over Democratic socialist Francesca Hong in the Wisconsin gubernatorial primary. In Minnesota, the more progressive lieutenant governor Peggy Flanagan beat Congresswoman Angie Craig by 20 points. In Connecticut, the center-left mayor of Hartford, Luke Brunen, knocked off 78-year-old Congressman John Larson, making him, making Larson the 7th House Democrat to lose a primary this year and the fifth past his retirement age.”
34:10· open transcript“ on primary life. There was a real mini wave, you could call it progressive wave in the primary with the tenant governor, Peggy Flanagan, beating Angie Craig. And you have some support from progressive. Some people see that, you know, it raises red flags when they hear the word progressive. What does that word mean to you and that movement here in this city and the state? What I can tell you is that I'm a DFL. I'm a labor endorsed candidate.”
4:46· open transcript“ Alexander Vindman, the hero from the impeachment, loses to that Democrat Socialist candidate, Angie Craig, I want to say, but whose names escapes Angie Nixon, I believe it is, doesn't matter. But he loses to her. And then Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Jewish person from a district she doesn't live in, goes over to a black VRA district, as Jasmine Crockett calls it, and steals a district from African Americans.”
11:06· open transcript“ If you're in a state like Minnesota, where it just seems like the Democrat is going to win, and now Minnesota is not like a deep blue state, but you could make a good argument that Angie Craig or Peggy Flanagan, whoever won that nomination, was going to be a heavy favorite, right? Like a likely DEC. And so in that scenario, as a voter, you look at the choices and you're like, well, now I am free.”
44:31· open transcript“ And I know a lot of people with the KSTP survey USA poll because Michael Indel was leading and the Angie Craig Peggy Flanagan race was a pickum where they're saying, it's meaningless. It's got a pretty good track record of their accuracy with the general election. As Thomas pointed out, they don't jump into primary races as much. And let's be honest, nobody saw Flanagan winning by 20.”
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