Sen. Tina Smith tests negative after skipping Warren event

10/19/2020 03:39 PM

Democratic U.S. Sen. Tina Smith skipped a campaign event with Sen. Elizabeth Warren over the weekend after learning that a person who attended one of her events eight days earlier had tested positive for the coronavirus. After learning Monday morning that she tested negative, Smith tweeted that she was “Headed back to Washington to keep working for Minnesotans.”