Michele Tafoya
Republican · MN
Michele Tafoya is a political commentator and former NBC Sunday Night Football sideline reporter who covered Minnesota sports on KFAN radio. She focuses on stopping fraud in public programs, law and order, and lower costs and taxes for middle-class families.
Where Michele Tafoya stands, based on their records
Supports
Women's Reproductive Rights (1 record)
Opposes
Immigration (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Immigration
Immigration · 1 oppose
Said she supported federal law enforcement and deportation of dangerous criminals during Minnesota's immigration-enforcement conflict.
January 21, 2026Opposes Immigration
Source: apnews.com
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 1 support
Described herself as a pro-choice Republican and said women should be able to make their own abortion decisions.
January 22, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: wdayradionow.com
Track record — General
General · 15 records
Received the endorsements of the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association and the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis for U.S. Senate. She listed both in a column she published on September 22, 2026.
September 22, 2026
Source: duluthnewstribune.com
Received the endorsement of the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation's political action committee for U.S. Senate.
August 27, 2026
Source: fbmn.org
Received the endorsement of Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Tony Dungy, a former broadcast colleague, for U.S. Senate.
August 11, 2026
Source: fox9.com
Received a video endorsement for U.S. Senate from former NFL coach and NBC Sports analyst Jason Garrett, who has known her for 25 years.
June 3, 2026
Source: awfulannouncing.com
Received the endorsement of Maggie's List, a political group, for Minnesota's U.S. Senate seat.
February 2, 2026
Source: maggieslist.org
Received the National Republican Senatorial Committee's backing and an endorsement from its chair, Senator Tim Scott.
January 21, 2026
Source: axios.com
Publicly backed Ron DeSantis over Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, calling Trump too divisive.
September 1, 2022
Source: newsweek.com
Joined Salem Podcast Network to host the politics and current-events program Sideline Sanity.
May 11, 2022
Source: investor.salemmedia.com
Spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in February 2022. On The View on March 1, 2022, she called herself a libertarian and an independent and said she went to urge people to take hate out of politics.
March 1, 2022
Source: thewrap.com
Endorsed Kendall Qualls for Minnesota governor and became co-chair of his campaign.
February 14, 2022
Source: thefederalist.com
Announced she was leaving NBC's Sunday Night Football, with Super Bowl LVI as her final game. NBC said she had won a record four Sports Emmys as a sports reporter.
January 11, 2022
Source: nbcsports.com
As a guest co-host on ABC's The View, argued against critical race theory and defended people who chose not to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
November 2, 2021
Source: awfulannouncing.com
Won the Sports Emmy award for Outstanding Sports Personality - Reporter for the third time, after earlier wins in 2012 and 2014.
May 20, 2019
Source: radioink.com
Joined longtime host Tom Barnard as co-host of the KQRS-FM morning radio show in Minneapolis, hired by Cumulus Media.
September 8, 2016
Source: radioink.com
NBC Sports hired her as the sideline reporter for Sunday Night Football. She came from ESPN, where she had worked Monday Night Football, NBA, and college basketball games. At the time she also hosted her own talk show on WCCO News Radio 830 AM in Minneapolis-St. Paul.
May 4, 2011
Source: nbcsports.com
Past races Michele Tafoya ran in:
- United States Senator · November 3, 2026 · Minnesota
- U.S. Senator · August 11, 2026 · Minnesota