Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan has won the Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) primary for the US Senate, hence moving a step closer to representing Minnesota in Washington. The victory comes after months of fundraising and campaigning following her Senate bid announcement in early 2025.
The primary victory has also raised public interest in Flanagan's finances, family background, and political career.
Peggy Flanagan has not publicly disclosed her personal net worth, and no verified estimate has been released through official government records.
Her campaign finances, however, are publicly available through the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
According to FEC records covering January 1, 2025, through July 22, 2016, Peggy Flanagan raised $6.52 million in total receipts for her Senate campaign. Individual contributions accounted for more than $6.25 million, while the campaign reported spending about $5.46 million during the same period.
The committee also reported more than $1 million in cash remaining after expenditures, positioning Flanagan for the general election campaign. These figures represent campaign funds rather than her personal assets.
Flanagan served as Minnesota's lieutenant governor alongside Gov. Tim Walz before she launched her Senate campaign. She has also represented the Minneapolis area in the Minnesota House of Representatives and worked as an organizer focused on education and Native American advocacy.
Flanagan, 46, is a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe. She has frequently spoken about the influence of her family and Indigenous heritage on her political career.
She was raised in St. Louis Park by her single mother, Patricia Flanagan. Flanagan has often credited her mother, a public school teacher, with shaping her commitment to public service and education.
Flanagan was married to Tim Hellendrung, with whom she has a daughter named Siobhan. The marriage ended in 2017.
She later began a relationship with former Minnesota Public Radio Host Tom Weber in 2018 and got married in 2019. Flanagan and Weber continue to raise their family in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, with 13-year-old Siobhan.
Flanagan was on the Minneapolis Board of Education from 2005 to 2009. She went on to spend nearly a decade working for Wellstone Action, the group founded to carry on Senator Paul Wellstone's legacy. As one of the first trainers for Wellstone Action's main program, Camp Wellstone, she educated thousands of organizers, elected officials, and candidates, including Governor Walz.
Following her tenure at Wellstone Action, Flanagan was the executive director of Children's Defense Fund - Minnesota, a non-profit child advocacy group dedicated to leveling the playing field for all children in our state.
Flanagan was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2015, where she represents her hometown of St. Louis Park as well as Golden Valley, Plymouth, and Medicine Lake.
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