Overview
- Smith announced her support in a video, breaking an earlier pledge not to pick a successor and praising Flanagan as a "fierce fighter."
- Flanagan consolidates left-leaning support with prior nods from Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Al Franken, while Angie Craig retains moderate and establishment backing from figures such as Tammy Baldwin, Ruben Gallego, Nancy Pelosi, Pete Buttigieg and Hakeem Jeffries.
- Craig holds a financial edge, raising about $2 million in Q4 2025 and reporting roughly $3.7 million cash on hand, compared with Flanagan’s about $1 million raised and just over $810,000 in the bank.
- Immigration enforcement dominates the contest after January shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents, with Flanagan pressing a more confrontational stance and Craig highlighting steps such as articles of impeachment targeting DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
- Recent polling shows Flanagan ahead by single to low double digits depending on the survey, and she rejected an unverified claim tying her to a Signal protest chat as "ridiculous."