Little wins Democratic primary for open Craig seat as Republicans eye flip in Minnesota

Minnesota Democrats picked the safer, more centrist-sounding candidate for a seat they can't afford to lose. That's not an accident. The 2nd District has been a genuine swing seat for years, and Angie Craig leaving it open means both parties know exactly how much is riding on November. Democrats didn't nominate their most exciting option. They nominated the one they think can survive a real fight.

That should tell Republicans something too. Eric Pratt isn't walking into a layup. This is a district that's punished both parties for overreach, and whoever wins will do it by inches, not landslides. Pratt's task now is to make this race about the last four years of spending, border chaos, and energy policy that Minnesota suburbanites actually felt in their bills and their commutes, not about national culture-war noise that lets Little run as some reasonable-sounding moderate.

The bigger story here is what it says about the map. Open seats like this are where majorities get built or lost, and Minnesota's 2nd is exactly the kind of district Republicans need to prove they can still win outside deep-red territory. Little's win doesn't scare us. It just means the real argument starts now, on the merits, in front of voters who've shown they're willing to switch sides when they think one party has gone too far.