ST. PAUL — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders said Monday that he is endorsing Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan for Senate and threw a little shade at her DFL rival, Rep. Angie Craig, in the process.

“Minnesota has a real choice in this primary,” said Sanders, a democratic socialist who ran twice for the Democratic nomination for president, in a news release. “We don’t need more corporate Democrats in the Senate. We need Peggy Flanagan who’ll fight for working people.”

The contest between Flanagan and Craig, a four-term DFL House member, is one of several competitive Democratic primary races nationwide reflecting the tension between the moderate and progressive wings of the Democratic Party.

That duality within the party was made manifest in last Tuesday’s elections, when two moderate Democr

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