Photo: #Former DFL Sen. Allan Spear served in the Minnesota Legislature for nearly 30 years.
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Former DFL Sen. Allan Spear served in the Minnesota Legislature for nearly 30 years. (Photo courtesy of the University of Minnesota)

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Allan Spear made politics personal

Broadcast: Midday, 10/15/2008, 12:00 p.m.

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Midday remembers former State Senate President and University of Minnesota history professor Allan Spear, who died last weekend, with a speech he gave upon his retirement from the Senate and the University of Minnesota, and his 1993 Senate floor speech on the state gay rights bill.

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