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Ocelot II

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4. Flanagan has not spent her whole career in the metro area. She is Ojibwe and has done more for the tribes
Mon Jun 29, 2026, 06:34 PM
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than any other elected official, both in Minneapolis and on the reservations. She's probably more familiar with rural poverty than most. Obviously I'd vote for Craig if she were the nominee, but she strikes me as a squishy centrist piggybacking on progressive causes when it's convenient.

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