If Klobuchar is the next governor I hope that she nominates Craig to succeed her

[question everything]

Some will object to having “all women: as the top elected officials.”. Never complain about “all men” though..

[CTyankee]

1. Can you share more info on Craig?

[question everything]

2. She has been representing the second Congressional district, flipped it in 2018

A moderate appealing to both urban and rural voters.

Is now running for the senate but appears to be lagging behind the far left mood that is sweeping the state.

[Ocelot II]

8. She doesn't appeal much to urban voters, at least not at the district convention I was at.

She voted for the heinous Laken Riley act, then hopped on the anti-ICE bandwagon after Minneapolis was invaded.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

11. Not many rural voters, either, fwiw

[dflprincess]

9. I suppose by today's standards the mood is far left

I think of it as more New Deal or Great Society mood.

Craig lost me two years ago when she ran ads that basically said she wasn't "that much" of a Democrat. She proved that with her immigration votes & her sudden, shameless flip flop on the issue when she figured out her original position wouldn't get her elected statewide. I just don't trust her.

[Ocelot II]

3. Middle of the road.

She's running against Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan for Tina Smith's Senate seat; Flanagan, who is a progressive, is strongly favored for the party endorsement and is also likely to win the primary, though unfortunately Craig plans to run against her anyhow. We don't need that right now. So if she really wants to be a senator maybe she should hope to be appointed Klobuchar's replacement instead of stirring up an inter-party fight.

[Fiendish Thingy]

4. Governors don't nominate their successors. Nt

[question everything]

5. Succeed her senate office that she will vacate if elected to governor

[Ocelot II]

7. She could appoint Craig to the open seat she vacated, though.

MN already has one pending opening, that of Tina Smith, who is retiring. If Klobuchar becomes governor that's another one, and there's no reason why she couldn't appoint Craig (or anyone else) to that position.

[Fiendish Thingy]

10. Sorry, I didn't get they her meant senate seat.

Of course that makes sense.

[LNM]

12. I thought Walz would make that appointment.

[Ocelot II]

13. I don't know if he can, since the seat is not open until Klobuchar actually leaves.

At this time there's no open Senate seat to appoint anyone to.