Michele Tafoya

(Newser) - A familiar face from NFL broadcasts is trying to flip a blue Senate seat in Minnesota, and national Republicans are backing her from the get-go. Michele Tafoya, a longtime Sunday Night Football sideline reporter who has reinvented herself as a conservative media voice, formally entered the 2026 Minnesota Senate race...

(Newser) - A name and face familiar to NFL fans may make a run for the Senate. Outkick reports that Michele Tafoya is considering a 2026 run in her home state of Minnesota as a Republican. Tafoya worked as a sideline reporter for NBC Sports for years before leaving in 2022 to...