Flanagan was elected lieutenant governor in 2018 and reelected in 2022, both times as Tim Walz's running mate, becoming the first woman of color elected to statewide office in Minnesota, and the highest-ranking Native American woman in elected office in the nation.

Peggy Flanagan is Minnesota’s 50th Lieutenant Governor, a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, and currently the country’s highest ranking Native woman elected to executive office.

Peggy Flanagan is Minnesota’s 50th Lieutenant Governor, a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, and currently the country’s highest ranking Native woman elected to executive office.

Aug 20, 2024 · Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan would become the first Native American woman to serve as governor if the Harris-Walz ticket wins in November.

Aug 23, 2024 · Democratic Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan is a member of the White Earth Nation and, as a longtime political organizer, helped train Walz to run for office almost two decades ago. In the years since,...

Aug 6, 2024 · Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, would become the first Native American woman to take a state's top executive role if Tim Walz becomes vice...

Peggy Flanagan is Minnesota’s 50th Lieutenant Governor. At the center of all her work is advocating and making progress for children, working families, communities of color and Indigenous communities, and Minnesotans who have historically been underserved and underrepresented.

1 day ago · Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (right) chats with MPR News host Nina Moini during a recording of “Out to Lunch” at Owamni in Minneapolis on Jan. 10. On Minnesota Now, we get to hear from so many ...

Peggy Flanagan, is a longtime advocate for Minnesota’s children and families, a DFLer, an organizer, and a near-lifelong resident of St. Louis Park. Peggy has served in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2015 representing the communities of St. Louis Park, Golden Valley, Plymouth and Medicine Lake.

Aug 6, 2024 · Under the succession plan laid out in Minnesota’s Constitution, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, 44, would become the state’s first female governor, as well as the first Native American person to assume...