Amy Fredericksen

Amy Fredericksen joins host Steve Francisco to discuss the August 11 primary election results and what to expect in the November 3 general election. After serving as a Republican state senator from 2005 to 2013, including as the first woman majority leader, Amy has developed a keen political sense and is a regular political analyst on WCCO TV. She explains why she believes that Republican voters' choices of Lisa DeMuth for governor and Michele Tafoya for U.S. Senate put Republicans in the best position to win statewide office for the first time in twenty years. But DeMuth and Tafoya will be running against two strong DFL candidates, Amy Klobuchar for governor and Peggy Flanagan for U.S. Senate. Amy shares her thoughts about how the fraud scandals may help Republican candidates and how the affordability crisis and the trauma of ICE Operation Metro Surge may help DFL candidates moving toward November.