GOP Senate candidate Michele Tafoya reports assets totaling $10.7M to $37.9M

By: Max Nesterak

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: September 3, 2026

Words: 816

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago


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When Michele Tafoya said Americans could handle higher gas prices caused by the war in Iran with a “stiff upper lip” and “one less trip to Starbucks,” she likely wasn’t talking about herself.

The retired sportscaster and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate has assets worth between $10.7 million and $37.9 million, according to her financial disclosure, putting her near or in the top 1% of wealthiest Americans.

Conventional wisdom says an electorate …

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