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Michele Tafoya concedes the Minnesota Senate race: "I just got off the phone with Lieutenant Governor…

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Now playing on All Clips Michele Tafoya concedes the Minnesota Senate race: "I just got off the phone with Lieutenant Governor… Michele Tafoya76 plays Watch on Instagram · Transcript & source

At an election night rally in Minnesota, Michele Tafoya tells supporters she called Lieutenant Governor Flanagan to congratulate her on "a hard fought race." "The voters spoke," Tafoya says, "and so we're going to respect the voters."

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Who
Michele Tafoya
Where
rally - election night, Minnesota
Original footage
KARE 11 · watch the full video from this moment
Length
35 seconds, unedited within the cut
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76 on Instagram
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I just got off the phone with Lieutenant Governor Flanagan and congratulated her on a spirited race, a hard fought race. And you know, we had our differences, certainly. But this is a marketplace of ideas here in America. That's the way it should be. And the voters spoke. And so we're going to respect the voters. Boy, these last 10 months have been something, haven't they? I have crisscrossed the state and the best part the best part has been meeting so many people in every corner of Minnesota farmers

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