By David Wright
Updated 55分钟前
更新于2026年1月21日，美国东部时间上午8:25
发布于2026年1月20日，美国东部时间下午7:17
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米歇尔·塔福亚于2024年4月18日在纽约福克斯新闻频道演播室。
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资深体育解说员兼保守派评论员米歇尔·塔福亚已正式宣布将竞选明尼苏达州美国参议院席位，为共和党在该州带来一位知名候选人。明尼苏达州正因持续的联邦移民打击行动而动荡不安。
在周三上午发布的竞选启动视频中，塔福亚表示：“多年来，我报道了美国最重要的橄榄球赛事，”并补充道“这让我了解到，当领导者做好准备并承担责任时，领导力究竟如何发挥作用。”
塔福亚还利用正在该州蔓延的福利欺诈指控，称“我看到大规模政府欺诈行为愈演愈烈”。她誓言要“整顿体制：打击腐败、终止欺诈行为并保护您的税款”。
这位新的共和党候选人还强调了其他政策优先事项，包括降低生活成本和“保留女子体育项目给女运动员”。
这位体育解说员的参选，为民主党参议员蒂娜·史密斯去年宣布退休后本就激烈的竞选局面增添了变数。与此同时，参议员艾米·克洛布查尔正考虑是否竞选州长，这可能进一步扰乱该州的政治格局。
自2016年唐纳德·特朗普总统以不到两个百分点的差距输掉该州以来，明尼苏达州就一直是共和党想要突破的重点州。2020年特朗普在该州以约七个百分点的差距败北，2024年差距缩小至约四个百分点。
特朗普政府向明尼苏达州部署了数百名移民和边境执法人员，引发了双城地区的抗议活动，双方对峙的场面在社交媒体上广泛传播。明尼苏达州民主党领导人与华盛顿方面的紧张关系在一名移民官员开枪打死37岁的雷尼·妮可·古德后急剧升级，古德当时驾车阻碍交通。
熟悉此事的消息人士告诉美国有线电视新闻网（CNN），司法部已传票传唤至少五名明尼苏达州官员，调查该州及地方领导人是否妨碍了联邦移民执法工作。
塔福亚是一位资深NFL体育解说员，三十年来曾在多家网络平台报道体育赛事，2022年离开广播界，开始涉足共和党政治。目前她主持一档保守派播客节目。
她对明尼苏达州反对移民打击行动的领导人提出批评，并谴责数十名抗议者打断了周日的教堂礼拜，原因是那里的牧师被指是美国移民和海关执法局（ICE）官员。
“在明尼苏达州，执法部门多年来一直遭到妖魔化，”塔福亚最近在社交平台X上回应副州长佩吉·弗拉纳根的视频时表示，弗拉纳根正在民主党参议院初选中与众议员安吉·克雷格角逐。“我们警力短缺，士气大跌，职业罪犯被释放后再次犯罪。而激进的左翼人士更关心这些人，而非只想看到混乱结束的诚实明尼苏达人。”
本文已更新补充更多信息。
更正：本文已更正以反映雷尼·妮可·古德（Renee Nicole Good）的年龄为37岁。
Michele Tafoya, a longtime sportscaster, launches a Republican bid for US Senate in Minnesota
By David Wright
Updated 55 min ago
Updated Jan 21, 2026, 8:25 AM ET
PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2026, 7:17 PM ET
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Michele Tafoya at Fox News Channel Studios on April 18, 2024, in New York.
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Michele Tafoya, a longtime sportscaster and conservative commentator, has officially announced she will run for US Senate in Minnesota, giving the Republican Party a well-known candidate in a state that’s being roiled by the ongoing federal immigration crackdown.
In a video announcing her campaign launch on Wednesday morning, Tafoya said: “For years, I covered the biggest football games in America,” adding that “it taught me about how leadership really works when leaders are prepared and accountable.”
Tafoya also seized on the welfare fraud allegations rippling through her state, arguing that “I see massive government fraud exploding.” She vowed to “clean up the system: fighting corruption, ending the fraud and protecting your tax dollars.”
The new GOP candidate also highlighted other policy priorities, including lowering the cost of living and “keeping female sports for female athletes.”
The broadcaster’s entry jolts an already dynamic contest set off by Democratic Sen. Tina Smith’s retirement announcement last year. Meanwhile, Sen. Amy Klobuchar is weighing whether to launch a run for governor that could further disrupt the state’s political landscape.
Minnesota has been on Republicans’ radar as a place to make inroads ever since President Donald Trump lost the state by less than two points in 2016. He would lose the state by roughly seven points in 2020 and about four points in 2024.
The Trump administration’s deployment of hundreds of immigration and border agents to Minnesota has set off protests across the Twin Cities, with scenes of confrontations between the two sides being shared widely. Tensions between Minnesota’s Democratic leaders and Washington spiked after an immigration officer shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old woman who had impeded traffic with her vehicle.
The Justice Department has subpoenaed at least five Minnesota officials as part of a probe into whether the state and local leaders obstructed federal immigration enforcement efforts, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
Tafoya, a veteran NFL broadcaster who has covered sports at several networks over three decades, left broadcasting in 2022 to begin a foray into Republican politics. She now hosts a conservative podcast.
She has been critical of Minnesota leaders who have objected to the immigration crackdown and ripped dozens of protesters who interrupted a Sunday church service because a pastor there appeared to be an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official.
“In Minnesota, law enforcement has been demonized for years,” Tafoya posted on X recently, responding to a video from Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, who is running in the Democratic primary for Senate against Rep. Angie Craig. “We are short on officers. Morale has plummeted. Career criminals are released to offend again. And radical leftists care more about them than they do about honest Minnesotans who simply want to see the chaos end.”
This story has been updated with additional information.
Correction:This story has been corrected to reflect that Renee Nicole Good was 37 years old.
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