Michele Tafoya spent more than a decade on the sidelines of the biggest games in football, including 11 seasons on NBC’s Sunday Night Football. After leaving broadcasting, she turned to politics and

Michele Tafoya kept Donald Trump at a distance in her Minnesota Senate bid against Peggy Flanagan

Tafoya, who covered "Sunday Night Football" on NBC from 2011-2022, was hoping to become the first Republican voted to the US Senate in Minnesota since 2002. She even received support from the owners of the Cleveland Browns, Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Michelle Tafoya first put herself in front of millions of people as an NFL sideline reporter for multiple networks. In recent years, she has aimed to gain a platform in a different way, through

Former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya fought hard, but lost the Minnesota Senate race to Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan.

Republican candidate Michele Tafoya speaks to her supporters with optimism as results started to funnel in Tuesday night. Trump’s Election Day bombshell on Israel points to historic shift in US politics An Italian farmer found some unknown seeds in his ...

Republican Michele Tafoya addresses supporters as results filter in for Minnesota's U.S. Senate race.

Republican Kevin Hern won election Tuesday to the U.S. Senate representing Oklahoma, defeating Democrat N'Kiyla Jasmine Thomas. Hern has served in the House since 2018 and was heavily favored to