Key Primary Battles in Minnesota, Fauci’s Private Vaccine Texts, Tupac Trial Begins: AM Update 8/11

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Good morning, everyone. I'm Megyn Kelly. It's Tuesday, August 11th, 2026, and this is your AM Update.

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Minnesota voters among those heading to the polls today, choosing nominees in a field of notable names.

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Thus far, no red flags about that, about pregnant women.

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Newly released Dr. Fauci text messages revealing private concerns about a possible miscarriage risk from COVID vaccination just days before he publicly said officials had seen no red flags for pregnant women. President Trump reportedly considering an off ramp from the war with Iran even without securing a new nuclear deal. And nearly 30 years after hip hop artist Tupac Shakur was killed in a Las Vegas drive-by shooting, the man accused of orchestrating the murder now heads to trial. All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.
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Voters in several key states heading to the polls today, including Wisconsin, Connecticut, Vermont, and special elections in South Carolina and Alabama. In Minnesota, Democrats and Republicans choosing nominees in a pair of closely watched races for US Senate and governor featuring notable names. The Minnesota Senate contest deciding who will compete for the seat being vacated by retiring Democratic Senator Tina Smith, with both parties holding competitive primaries. On the GOP side, former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya entering election day as the overwhelming polling favorite, facing a nine-candidate field that includes former Navy SEAL Adam Schwartze and former NBA player Royce White, who recently declared his eligibility for the 2027 W NBA draft. President Trump has not yet issued an endorsement in this race. Tafoya dominating the race despite Schwartze winning the Minnesota Republican Party's official endorsement at its state convention in May.
The three most recent polls tracked by RealClearPolling showing Tafoya leading her nearest rival by 29, 31 and 35 points. The Republican winner will advance to face the victor of a much tighter Democrat fight between moderate Congressman Angie Craig and progressive Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, perhaps best known for her t-shirt showing a sharp knife, a flower, and the words protect trans kids on it. And by protect, she means trans them. Polling in that race all over the map, the latest KSTP Survey USA survey showing Angie Craig ahead by two, while another recent poll showed Flanagan leading by double digits. Prediction markets more bullish on Flanagan, who's got name recognition there. Polymarket currently putting her chances of winning at 71%.
Whichever Republican candidate emerges faces a long-running political reality in November. No GOP candidate has won a statewide election in Minnesota since 2006
Tafoya yesterday on Newsmax making the case that Republicans have a real opening in Minnesota after years of failed Democrat leadership.

**Michele Tafoya** (4:44)
Well, in those last 20 years, this state has traveled 100 miles per hour in the wrong direction. And Minnesotans are worried about it, very, very worried about it. And look, it's happened under the leadership of single party rule, under the establishment candidates, the career politicians who have been in office, that have brought us to a place that your reporter just described, a place where a lot of people are embarrassed by our state, the fraud, all of the crime, all of the things that are going wrong in education, the taxes. It's an embarrassment right now, particularly the fraud. So we feel very good about bringing those people into our campaign and into our tent, as it were, and running through the tape and winning this thing, certainly tomorrow and all the way into November.