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00:00:06>> GICHI. MIIGWETCH L F G.
00:00:08LET'S GO
00:00:11>> [MUSIC]
00:00:27[MUSIC]
00:00:39>> FOLLOWING MISS FLANAGAN'S VICTORY IN THE DEMOCRATIC
00:00:41PRIMARY, CONGRESSWOMAN ANGIE CRAIG DELIVERED A CONCESSION
00:00:44SPEECH TO HER SUPPORTERS. OUR
00:00:47CAMPAIGN 2026 COVERAGE CONTINUES
00:00:49NOW FROM SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA.
00:00:55>> [APPLAUSE] [MUSIC]
00:01:17>> MINNESOTA!
00:01:17>> [APPLAUSE]
00:01:23>> COME CLOSER HONEY. THANK YOU
00:01:24EVERYONE. I HAVE BEEN SO HONORED
00:01:27TO BE IN THIS FIGHT WITH YOU. I
00:01:30AM SO PROUD OF THIS TEAM AND THE COALITION WE BUILT OVER THE
00:01:34COURSE OF THIS CAMPAIGN. NOW, I
00:01:37KNOW THIS ISN'T THE RESULT WE WANTED TONIGHT, BUT MY HEART IS
00:01:41FULL OF GRATITUDE, AND I WANT TO
00:01:45START BY SAYING, THANK YOU.
00:01:46THANK YOU TO MY FAMILY,
00:01:49ESPECIALLY MY AMAZING WIFE, >> [APPLAUSE]
00:01:52>> CHERYL
00:01:54>> [APPLAUSE]
00:01:58>> ISAAC AND JONAS ARE HERE
00:02:00SOMEWHERE TOO. SO THANK YOU TO
00:02:04>> [APPLAUSE] >> ISAAC AND JONAS. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:02:08>> THANK YOU TO MY CAMPAIGN
00:02:10TEAM, TO MY CONGRESSIONAL STAFF,
00:02:13TO EVERY VOLUNTEER, EVERY
00:02:16ORGANIZER, EVERY PERSON WHO KNOCKED A DOOR, MADE A PHONE
00:02:20CALL, CHIPPED IN FIVE BUCKS, OR
00:02:24SIMPLY TOLD A NEIGHBOR WHY THIS
00:02:27ELECTION MATTERS. I AM SO
00:02:28GRATEFUL TO EACH AND EVERY ONE
00:02:31OF YOU >> [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE]
00:02:35>> WHO
00:02:37>> BUT I HAVE SAID SINCE DAY ONE
00:02:42THAT MY TOP PRIORITY IS MAKING
00:02:44SURE THAT WE BEAT MAGA MICHELE
00:02:46TAFOYA AND HOLD THIS SENATE SEAT >> [APPLAUSE]
00:02:50>> IN NOVEMBER.
00:02:52>> [APPLAUSE]
00:02:57>> IN THAT SPIRIT, I JUST CALLED THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TO
00:03:01CONGRATULATE HER ON HER HARD,
00:03:04HARD FOUGHT VICTORY AND TO OFFER
00:03:05HER MY FULL AND COMPLETE SUPPORT >> [APPLAUSE]
00:03:09>> GOING FORWARD.
00:03:12>> [APPLAUSE]
00:03:18>> I DEEPLY ADMIRE PEGGY'S COMMITMENT TO MINNESOTA AND HER
00:03:20DEDICATION TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF EVERYONE AROUND HER.
00:03:23PEGGY'S STORY IS ONE OF GRIT,
00:03:28OF DETERMINATION AND RESOLVE.
00:03:30THE ELECTION WAS A CHOICE
00:03:32BETWEEN TWO WOMEN, AND IT'S A GREAT DAY TO SEE WOMEN RUNNING,
00:03:36EVEN AGAINST >> [APPLAUSE]
00:03:40>> EACH OTHER.
00:03:40>> [APPLAUSE]
00:03:45>> I AM CONFIDENT THAT BOTH OF US WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO
00:03:49IMPROVE THE LIVES OF OUR
00:03:50NEIGHBORS IN MINNESOTA, TO EVERY
00:03:53PERSON THAT SUPPORTED ME, I ASK
00:03:54YOU TONIGHT TO SUPPORT AND ELECT
00:03:59PEGGY FLANAGAN AS THE NEXT U.S.
00:04:01SENATOR >> [APPLAUSE] >> FROM MINNESOTA.
00:04:05>> [APPLAUSE]
00:04:09>> DONALD TRUMP IS A THREAT TO
00:04:11OUR DEMOCRACY, AND MICHELE TAFOYA WOULD BE NOTHING MORE
00:04:15THAN A RUBBER STAMP TO HIS
00:04:18DANGEROUS AGENDA. IN ADDITION, WE MUST DO EVERYTHING IN OUR
00:04:22POWER TO ELECT AMY KLOBUCHAR AS
00:04:23OUR >> [APPLAUSE]
00:04:27>> NEXT GOVERNOR. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:04:30>> AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS
00:04:32MOMENT AS WELL, TO SAY THANK YOU
00:04:34TO SENATOR TINA SMITH FOR HER
00:04:39LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE TO MINNESOTA
00:04:41>> [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE]
00:04:44>> TO MY SUPPORTERS, TEAM,
00:04:48VOLUNTEERS, AND EVERY PERSON WHO'S BEEN ON THIS JOURNEY WITH
00:04:51ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR
00:04:53YOUR WORK OVER THE LAST 16
00:04:56MONTHS FOR BEING IN THIS FIGHT
00:04:59WITH ME, FOR KNOWING THAT GIVING
00:05:01UP IN THE FACE OF THIS
00:05:04ADMINISTRATION IS SIMPLY NOT AN
00:05:05OPTION. AND MORE THAN ANYTHING,
00:05:08FOR FIGHTING FOR MINNESOTA. BUT
00:05:09I ESPECIALLY WANT TO CIRCLE BACK
00:05:14TO THANK THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, MY WIFE, CHERYL, AND
00:05:18>> [APPLAUSE] >> OUR FOUR SONS
00:05:20>> [APPLAUSE]
00:05:28>> LOVE IS BUILT ON JOY, RESILIENCE, AND DEEP RESPECT.
00:05:31AND CHERYL, I'M GRATEFUL EVERY
00:05:34DAY FOR THIS AMAZING LIFE AND FAMILY THAT WE'VE BUILT
00:05:38TOGETHER. DESPITE TONIGHT'S OUTCOME, EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM
00:05:41AND ON THIS TEAM HAS SOMETHING
00:05:43TO BE PROUD OF. TONIGHT, I STAND
00:05:46HERE, PROUD. PROUD OF MY SERVICE
00:05:48TO THE SECOND DISTRICT OF >> [APPLAUSE] >> MINNESOTA
00:05:52>> [APPLAUSE]
00:05:58>> AND PROUD OF WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE COURSE OF
00:06:00THIS CAMPAIGN, BRINGING PEOPLE
00:06:03TOGETHER INTO OUR TENT,
00:06:06REMINDING SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS STATE THAT DEMOCRATS GIVE A
00:06:10ABOUT THEIR LIVELIHOODS AND
00:06:12THEIR LIVES, BECAUSE THEIR STRUGGLES, THEIR HARDSHIPS,
00:06:15THEIR HOPES, AND THEIR DREAMS,
00:06:18THEY MATTER. A YEAR AGO, RIGHT BEFORE I ANNOUNCED THIS
00:06:21CAMPAIGN, I TRAVELED ACROSS THE
00:06:23STATE TO REPUBLICAN DISTRICTS
00:06:26BECAUSE I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE FOUR REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF
00:06:30CONGRESS NOT SHOWING UP IN THEIR
00:06:31OWN DISTRICTS TO DO THEIR JOB.
00:06:35DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, AND INDEPENDENTS ALL CAME OUT BECAUSE THEY FELT LIKE NO ONE
00:06:39WAS FIGHTING FOR THEM. I TOLD
00:06:42THEM THAT IF REPUBLICANS WON'T
00:06:45SHOW UP, WON'T HEAR YOUR CONCERNS, AND TAKE THEM BACK TO
00:06:48WASHINGTON, THEN I WILL. WE MUST
00:06:52SHOW UP EVERYWHERE. WE MUST
00:06:54LISTEN TO EVERYONE, AND THEN WE
00:06:57MUST DELIVER. DFLERS HERE IN SAINT PAUL AND ACROSS OUR STATE
00:07:01WILL REJECT MAGA MICHELE TAFOYA
00:07:05AND HER TRUMP ALIGNED ALLIES BECAUSE WE DESERVE A GOVERNMENT
00:07:09THAT WORKS FOR HARD WORKING FAMILIES. FOLKS, IT'S BEEN A
00:07:13TOUGH YEAR FOR MINNESOTA AND FOR
00:07:15OUR COUNTRY. BUT WHAT I'VE SEEN
00:07:17FROM MINNESOTANS ACROSS EVERY
00:07:20CORNER OF OUR STATE IS A DESIRE
00:07:22TO BE HEARD. I'VE MET PEOPLE
00:07:25WHO WERE DESPERATE FOR SOMEONE
00:07:27TO LISTEN TO THEM, AND FOR WASHINGTON TO WORK FOR THEM. I
00:07:31WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN THIS
00:07:33FIGHT WITH EACH OF YOU, EACH AND
00:07:37EVERY DAY. I KNOW THE MOMENT WE'RE IN IS DIFFICULT.
00:07:40SOMETIMES IT'S DARK, IT'S EXHAUSTING, IT'S SCARY. BUT
00:07:43FOLKS, ALL OF THE INCREDIBLE
00:07:46FOLKS WHO HAVE KEPT ME GOING
00:07:49THROUGH THIS CAMPAIGN, NONE HAVE
00:07:50INSPIRED ME MORE THAN MY THREE
00:07:53GRANDSONS. AND MY FOURTH GRANDSON. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:07:56>> ON THE WAY.
00:07:58>> [APPLAUSE]
00:08:02>> THESE LITTLE BABIES REMIND ME THAT HOPE IS THE BEST MOTIVATOR.
00:08:06I BELIEVE TO MY CORE THAT IF WE
00:08:08KEEP FIGHTING, IF WE KEEP BELIEVING, BRINGING PEOPLE
00:08:12ALONG, THAT AROUND THAT CORNER
00:08:15LIES THIS MORE PERFECT UNION.
00:08:18THIS IS OUR MOMENT, FOLKS, TO
00:08:21USE DEMOCRACY TO SAVE DEMOCRACY.
00:08:24THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE TO
00:08:27KEEP FIGHTING FOR THE COUNTRY WE
00:08:30WANT AND THE COUNTRY WE DESERVE.
00:08:33IT'S AN HONOR OF A LIFETIME TO BE IN THIS FIGHT WITH YOU. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:08:35>> THANK YOU
00:08:42>> [APPLAUSE]
00:08:47>> DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE PEGGY FLANAGAN WILL NOW FACE FORMER
00:08:50SPORTSCASTER, REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE MICHELE TAFOYA THIS
00:08:53NOVEMBER. AFTER WINNING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S NOMINATION,
00:08:57MICHELE TAFOYA RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING, QUOTE, THANK
00:09:00YOU, MINNESOTA. I'M HONORED TO BE THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR
00:09:03THE U.S. SENATE. TONIGHT'S RESULTS SHOW MINNESOTANS ARE
00:09:06READY FOR A NEW DIRECTION. TOGETHER, WE WILL BRING COMMON
00:09:09SENSE BACK TO WASHINGTON, FIGHT
00:09:12FRAUD, HOLD THOSE RESPONSIBLE, ACCOUNTABLE, AND WIN IN
00:09:15NOVEMBER. LET'S GET TO WORK,
00:09:21UNQUOTE. >> CAMPAIGN 2026 IS UNDERWAY,
00:09:23AND THE STAKES COULDN'T BE HIGHER. EVERY SEAT IN THE UNITED
00:09:27STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
00:09:28IS UP FOR GRABS, ALONG WITH 33
00:09:31U.S. SENATE RACES, AND THE OUTCOME OF BOTH COULD RESHAPE
00:09:34THE BALANCE OF POWER IN
00:09:36WASHINGTON. VOTERS WILL ALSO
00:09:38DECIDE. 36 GUBERNATORIAL CONTESTS, FROM THE CAMPAIGN
00:09:42TRAIL TO ELECTION NIGHT. FOLLOW
00:09:45CAMPAIGN 2026 ON THE C-SPAN
00:09:46NETWORK'S C-SPAN, BRINGING YOU
00:09:51DEMOCRACY, UNFILTERED. >> [MUSIC] >> FRIDAY ON C-SPAN'S CEASEFIRE,
00:09:53A BIPARTISAN DISCUSSION ON THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS FEATURING
00:09:57FORMER COLORADO DEMOCRATIC SENATOR TIM WIRTH AND FORMER CONNECTICUT REPUBLICAN
00:10:01CONGRESSMAN CHRIS SHAYS, JOINED BY POLITICO, PLAYBOOK COAUTHOR
00:10:04AND CEASEFIRE HOST DASHA BURNS. THEY'LL ALSO DISCUSS THE CURRENT STATE OF CONGRESS AND
00:10:08THE IMPACT OF MONEY IN POLITICS. WATCH CEASEFIRE FRIDAY AT 7 P.M.
00:10:12AND 10 P.M. EASTERN AND PACIFIC
00:10:15ONLY ON C-SPAN.
00:10:18>> MORE FROM OUR CAMPAIGN 2026
00:10:21COVERAGE. IN MINNESOTA, WHERE SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR WON THE
00:10:24DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR, IN A SPEECH TO
00:10:28SUPPORTERS, SHE SPOKE ABOUT HER AGENDA, PROMISING TO BE A
00:10:31TRANSFORMATIVE GOVERNOR AND THE
00:10:35NORTH STAR STATE
00:10:39>> [APPLAUSE]
00:10:46>> WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
00:10:48EVERYONE. THANK YOU. BEN. UM,
00:10:51WE'RE SO PROUD OF OUR FUTURE
00:10:54LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. UH. THE