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Politics Friday Special: The places that shaped Minnesota’s U.S. Senate candidates
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Editor’s note: Ahead of a Friday debate between U.S. Senate candidates Michele Tafoya and Peggy Flanagan hosted by MPR News, politics editor Brian Bakst asked each to talk about how their lives helped form their politics. On this special episode of Politics Friday, we feature conversations in a series we’re calling “In Your Backyard.” MPR News politics editor Brian Bakst recently met with U.S. Senate candidates Peggy Flanagan and Michele Tafoya at significant places to each of them for a personal conversation about their lives. Lt. Gov. Flanagan , the Democratic nominee, invited Brian to a cultural center in a bustling Minneapolis neighborhood. Tafoya , the Republican nominee, asked to meet…