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Michele Tafoya is a four-time Emmy Award-winning sportscaster best known for her work as an NBC Sunday Night Football sideline reporter from 2011 to 2022. She became a Republican political figure, serving as co-chair of Kendall Qualls' 2022 Minnesota gubernatorial campaign and announcing her candidacy for U.S. Senate in Minnesota in 2025.