作者：大卫·赖特
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最后更新：2026年1月21日，美国东部时间上午8:25
发布时间：2026年1月20日，美国东部时间晚上7:17
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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长期从事体育解说和保守派评论员工作的米歇尔·塔福亚（Michele Tafoya）已正式宣布将角逐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。明尼苏达州正因联邦持续推进的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，我报道了美国最重大的橄榄球赛事，”她补充道，“这段经历让我深刻理解了领导力的本质——当领导者做好准备并承担责任时，工作才能真正高效推进。”
塔福亚还着重提及该州蔓延的福利欺诈指控，称“我看到政府大规模欺诈行为愈演愈烈”。她誓言“清理整个系统：打击腐败、终结欺诈行为并保护纳税人的钱”。
这位新加入共和党阵营的候选人还强调了其他政策优先事项，包括降低生活成本和“保障女子体育仅属于女运动员”。
这位体育解说员的参选，为去年民主党参议员蒂娜·史密斯宣布退休后本就充满变数的竞选格局增添了新变量。与此同时，参议员艾米·克洛布查尔正考虑是否竞选州长，这可能进一步搅乱明尼苏达州的政治版图。
自2016年唐纳德·特朗普总统以不到2个百分点的微弱劣势输掉该州以来，明尼苏达州一直是共和党试图突破的关键战场。2020年特朗普在该州的劣势扩大至约7个百分点，2024年差距进一步缩窄至约4个百分点。
特朗普政府向明尼苏达州部署数百名移民和边境执法人员，引发了双子城地区的大规模抗议活动，双方冲突的画面在社交媒体上广泛传播。此前，一名移民局官员开枪打死了37岁的Renee Nicole Good，她因驾车阻碍交通而被拦截，此事成为民主党领导人和华盛顿之间紧张关系的导火索。
知情人士向CNN透露，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阻碍联邦移民执法工作。
塔福亚是拥有三十年体育报道经验的资深NFL（美国国家橄榄球联盟）解说员，曾在多家网络平台工作。她于2022年离开广播界，正式涉足共和党政治领域，目前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进行了严厉批评，并抨击数十名抗议者在周日教堂礼拜期间打断活动——原因是该教堂的牧师被指为美国移民与海关执法局（ICE）官员。
“明尼苏达州的执法部门多年来一直被妖魔化，”塔福亚近日在社交平台X上回应副州长佩吉·弗拉纳根的一段视频时写道。弗拉纳根正参加民主党参议院初选中的角逐，对手是众议员安吉·克雷格。“我们警力严重短缺，士气一落千丈，职业罪犯被释放后再次犯罪。而激进的左翼分子却更关心这些罪犯，而非只想结束混乱的诚实明尼苏达人。”
本文已更新补充更多信息。
更正：本文已修正，明确Renee Nicole Good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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