进步派在明尼苏达州取得重大胜利，该州是特朗普政府移民和反欺诈打击行动的重点目标。
Progressives scored a major victory in Minnesota, a state heavily targeted by the Trump administration in its immigration and anti-fraud crackdowns.
民主党候选人、副州长佩吉·弗拉根击败了前NFL场边记者、共和党候选人米歇尔·塔福亚，挫败了共和党翻转“万湖之州”的希望。
Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, the Democratic nominee, toppled former NFL sideline reporter and Republican nominee Michele Tafoya, stifling the GOP’s hopes of flipping the Land of 10,000 Lakes.
她击败获得特朗普总统支持的塔福亚，对民主党在争夺上议院控制权方面是个利好，但对共和党不一定是坏消息，因为该席位原本就是民主党的。
While her win over Tafoya, who was backed by President Donald Trump, is a positive for Democrats in their pursuit of power in the upper chamber, it's not necessarily a negative for Republicans, given that the seat was already blue.
弗拉根的胜利发生在明尼苏达州及其前竞选搭档、州长蒂姆·沃尔兹，因今年早些时候爆发的数十亿美元日托欺诈丑闻而直接成为特朗普政府打击目标之后。
Flanagan’s victory comes after the state of Minnesota and her former running mate, Gov. Tim Walz, were directly in the Trump administration’s crosshairs for the sprawling, multibillion-dollar daycare fraud scandal that erupted earlier this year.
鉴于有几名索马里移民与该丑闻有关联，移民与海关执法局（ICE）进入该州实施“地铁突击行动”。这导致两名明尼苏达州居民，蕾妮·妮可·古德和亚历克斯·普雷蒂，死于联邦移民特工之手。
Given that several Somali immigrants were linked to the scandal, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) descended upon the state to enact Operation Metro Surge. That resulted in the deaths of two Minnesota residents, Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, at the hands of federal immigration agents.
ICE在该州的行动导致华盛顿特区再次出现政府停摆，并成为她竞选活动的有力口号和竞选路上的武器。
ICE’s actions in the state led to yet another government shutdown in Washington, D.C., and became a pointed rallying cry for her campaign and ammunition she used on the trail.
明尼苏达州参议院候选人因指责沃尔兹负责欺诈而遭抨击，尽管她是他的二号人物：“她知道自己完蛋了”“我们需要拆散ICE，阻止他们恐吓我们的社区，”弗拉根在今年早些时候赢得初选后不久表示。“我知道这一点。我知道我们可以修复破碎的移民体系，加强边境安全，并创造一条与我们的价值观相符的真正入籍途径。”塔福亚的竞选活动在很大程度上取决于弗拉根在明尼苏达州欺诈计划中扮演了什么角色，以及作为该州高级官员，她到底知道多少。
MN SENATE CANDIDATE RIPPED FOR BLAMING WALZ FOR FRAUD DESPITE BEING HIS #2: 'KNOWS SHE'S COOKED' "We need to rip ICE apart and stop them from terrorizing our communities," Flanagan said shortly after winning her primary earlier this year. "And I know this. I know that we can fix our broken immigration system, secure the border, and create a real pathway to citizenship that aligns with our values." Much of Tafoya’s campaign hinged on what role Flanagan played in the Minnesota fraud scheme and just how much she knew as a top official in the state.
“我的对手在这个州担任二把手已有八年，领着纳税人出资的薪水，”塔福亚在上个月的一场辩论中说。“而我们得到了什么？我们有大范围的欺诈，历史性的欺诈。我们的考试成绩下降了。我们的犯罪率飙升。我们庞大的盈余变成了赤字。”
"My opponent has been second in command in this state for eight years, drawing a taxpayer-funded paycheck," Tafoya said at a debate last month. "And what do we have to show for that? We have massive fraud, historic fraud. We have test scores down.
然而，弗拉纳根将这一丑闻的大部分责任推给了沃尔兹，并反驳说“他才是这里负责监督的人”。“州长已经非常明确地表示，责任由他承担，”弗拉纳根说。
We have crime spiking. We have a massive surplus turned into a deficit." Flanagan, however, has shifted much of the blame for the scandal onto Walz and countered that "he was the one who had oversight here." "The governor has been very clear that the buck stops with him," Flanagan said.
她的胜利对参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人查克·舒默以及他继续担任参议院民主党领袖的雄心来说，也可能是一把双刃剑。
Her win could also be a double-edged sword for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and his ambition to stay on as leader of Senate Democrats.
弗拉纳根与其他进步派民主党候选人一样，积极与舒默保持距离并批评他，认为民主党需要在领导层层面进行变革。
Flanagan, like other progressive Democratic candidates, has actively run away from and criticized Schumer, arguing that Democrats need change at the leadership level.
“人们想要重大而大胆的变革，”弗拉纳根对《纽约时报》说。“他们厌倦了小修小补。”
"People want big, bold change," Flanagan told The New York Times. "They are sick of nibbling around the edges."