Senate candidate Flanagan says WSJ story is wrong

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The DFL candidate said a Wall Street Journal story stating Flanagan didn’t qualify to be a member of Phi Beta Kappa is inaccurate and she’s been a member since 2002.

Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Peggy Flanagan provided evidence Wednesday of her membership in an academic honor society, undermining a national publication’s report that she inflated her credentials.

The jarring turn followed a story in the Wall Street Journal earlier in the day that said Flanagan did not qualify to be a member of Phi Beta Kappa when she graduated from college. The society contacted Flanagan’s campaign to provide proof of her membership since 2002, the year she graduated from the University of Minnesota.

“I imagine that it's because they saw the graduation program, which didn't indicate it,” Flanagan told Fox 9 in response to the Journal report. She said it was inaccurate reporting and said she&rsquo...