Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a Democrat, and Republican Michele Tafoya faced off Friday in a debate in Minnesota's open U.S. Senate race, The Washington Post and Fox News reported. The debate was hosted by Minnesota Public Radio News, the Post reported, and the Post called it the only scheduled debate between the two.

Tafoya, a former sports broadcaster, pressed Flanagan on the state's fraud scandal. "My opponent has been second in command in this state for eight years, drawing a taxpayer-funded paycheck. And what do we have to show for that? We have massive fraud, historic fraud," Tafoya said, according to Fox News. "I think she deserves a pink slip," Tafoya said, the Post reported.

Asked whether she had any ownership over the fraud, Flanagan pointed to Gov. Tim Walz. "The governor has been very clear that the buck stops with him," Flanagan said, according to Fox News. She said she had led on paid family and medical leave, a child tax credit and school meals, Fox News reported.

Flanagan sought to tie Tafoya to Trump, who endorsed Tafoya earlier this week, the Post reported. "Donald Trump doesn't just endorse anybody," Flanagan said, according to Fox News. Tafoya sidestepped a question about whether she would appear on a stage with Trump, the Post reported. "Peggy, Donald Trump isn't on the ballot. You and I are on the ballot," Tafoya said, according to the Post and Fox News.

The candidates split on other issues, the Post reported. Flanagan wants to eliminate tariffs, while Tafoya sees them as short-term leverage. Flanagan views Israel's retaliation in Gaza as a genocide, while Tafoya said she "stands with Israel." Both said the Iran war should end, the Post reported.

A Minnesota Star Tribune poll conducted earlier this month with Mason-Dixon Polling & Research found Flanagan leading by four percentage points, the Post reported. The general election is Nov. 3, Fox News reported.

What we know: Flanagan and Tafoya clashed over fraud, Trump, tariffs and Israel in their only scheduled debate.
What we don't: Whether the debate will shift a race in which a recent poll showed Flanagan leading by four points.