Schumer dealt another blow as progressive insurgency scores win in key Senate battle

Progressives again scored a victory in Minnesota where Gov. Tim Walz’s second-in-command toppled an establishment-backed member of Congress.

Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan eked out a victory over Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., on Tuesday, marking yet another battle won in the progressive proxy war to reshape the Democratic Party during this midterm election cycle.

Flanagan, like other progressives in the hunt for a position of power in Congress, has honed her left-leaning bona fides by backing...