Franken tells lawmakers in DC and St. Paul that he's in for Senate
Posted at 5:18 PM on January 31, 2007
by Tom Scheck
(2 Comments)
Two Minnesota state senators (Minnesota State Senators Mary Olson, DFL – Bemidji, and Sharon Erickson Ropes, DFL – Winona) confirmed to me that Franken told them he was running for the U.S. Senate. The director of Franken's Political Action Committee would not confirm or deny Franken's plans and wouldn't comment on Franken's private conversations.
A source with knowledge of Franken's plans expects the he will make an announcement about his decision on his final radio show on February 14th.
The Star Tribune has a story here.
Here's the AP story:
WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior Democratic official from Minnesota says comedian Al Franken has decided to run for U-S. Senate in Minnesota. The official didn't want to be identified because Franken has not made an announcement. The political director of Franken's Midwest Values Political Action Committee wouldn't comment. The news wasn't unexpected. Franken has been calling members of the Minnesota congressional delegation to get their input on a run, and he announced this week that he'd leave his show on Air America Radio on February 14th. If Franken wins the Democratic primary in Minnesota, he'd face Republican first-term Senator Norm Coleman, one of the Democrats' top targets. Minnesota Republican Party Chairman Ron Carey said he's confident Minnesotans will reject what he called "Franken's divisive, scorched earth attacks."
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Comments (2)
Won't it be great to have a candidate whose history is well known? His life has been fairly well documented. No ugly surprises coming out of the closet on the campaign trail (I hope.)
Those last two words are always so important, aren't they?
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