Former NBC Sunday Night Football sideline reporter Michele Tafoya is dominating the early Republican primary race for Minnesota’s open 2026 U.S. Senate seat.
A Quantus Insights survey conducted May 6-8 among 663 likely Republican primary voters puts Tafoya at 52 percent, a staggering 43-point lead over her closest competitor.
Former basketball player Royce White sits at 9 percent, followed by Adam Schwarze at 4 percent and Tom Weiler at 2 percent.
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More than a quarter of likely GOP primary voters, 27 percent, remain undecided, leaving room for the field to shift before primary day.
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Still, the size of Tafoya’s advantage this early is remarkable for a first-time candidate who only entered the race in January.
Tafoya spent decades as one of the most
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