Yesterday in Phoenix and Scottsdale, DLGA Chair and Minnesota Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan was the first surrogate to hit the campaign trail on behalf of Harris for President.
As the highest ranking Native American woman sitting in office, and the first Native woman to lead a national party committee, Lt. Governor Flanagan made the case to Native voters that they are the ones to decide this election.
ABC 15: ‘Ignore us at your peril’: How Native American voters are key in Arizona, other swing states
SCOTTSDALE, AZ — Indigenous leaders say Native voters could decide the outcome in a presidential election year also marked by the 100th anniversary of Native Americans gaining U.S. citizenship.
Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, White Earth Ojibwe, said Arizona’s 2020 election demonstrates the power of the Native American vote.
“The Native vote is strategically located in swing states all across the country, and so ignore us at your peril,” she said.
She credits Native voters with her and Gov. Tim Walz’s victories in Minnesota.
“Wisconsin, Michigan, Washington state, Oregon – Native voters show up over and over and over again and make that margin of difference,” she said.
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