EDINA, MN - As socialist candidates continue to score victories across the country and take more control of the Democratic Party, Minnesota GOP Senate nominee Michele Tafoya is making her pitch to voters from all parties who still believe in "common sense.""We do not want to see a socialist lurch anywhere in this country, and in particular in Minnesota, so I will do whatever I can to stand up against this movement toward Democrat socialism," Tafoya told Fox News Digital on Tuesday shortly after voting in a suburb outside Minneapolis."Socialism does not work.""There is absolutely a home for every voter in Minnesota that wants common sense, that wants a return to sanity, that wants to see kids learn in school again, that wants accountability for this fraud, who wants the fraud never repeat itself, who wants crime rates to go down again," Tafoya told Fox News Digital.
"There is room for you.We are the common sense candidacy and we're gonna represent a lot more than just conservatives in this state."Hours later, Tafoya went from Republican Senate candidate to Republican Senate nominee as she convincingly won her primary and moves on to face Minnesota Democratic Lt.
Gov.Peggy Flanagan in the general election in November.MINNESOTA HOUSE SPEAKER LISA DEMUTH WINS GOP GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY TO REPLACE TIM WALZ IN NOVEMBERMichele Tafoya says Peggy Flanagan represents a shift toward "Democrat socialism" in Minnesota.
(Fox News Digital ; Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)When reached by phone after her victory, Tafoya reiterated her commitment to crossing party lines to reach disaffected Democrats."Our state has been going in the wrong direction at the speed of sound and people who love Minnesota are brokenhearted and we see that this has happened under the watch of career politicians single-party rule for many years now they've brought us to this place it's time for change and I think we're going to appeal to voters across the political spectrum to stand up and say we're not goin...