WASHINGTON – Minnesota has a rare open Senate seat, which is tantalizing to state Republicans, even as some are hoping for a more robust field of candidates for retiring Sen. Tina Smith’s Senate seat.

There are two major declared GOP candidates in the race, former NBA player Royce White and Adam Schwarze, a former Navy SEAL.

Although White has run for office before — most recently against Sen. Amy Klobuchar last year — he has not held political office. Neither has Schwarze.

White, who has caused controversies for comments on his podcast and interviews that have been called antisemitic and misogynistic, is a passionate critic of “establishment Republicans.” He is running as a disrupter who would challenge a “corrupt” U.S. Senate.

“I can’t count 10 (senators) whom I would actually trust,

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