Comedian Al Franken makes Minnesota Senate bid
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Comedian and political commentator Al Franken said on Wednesday he will seek the Democratic nomination to run for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Minnesota Republican Norm Coleman.
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Minnesota politicians are pressing the state's biggest corporations to help pick up the fundraising pace for the 2008 Republican Convention and offering benefits for major donors, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
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Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin has opened up a sizable lead in the Democratic Senate primary in Maryland, and appears likely to win his partyÃ¢ÂÂs nomination to succeed retiring five-term Democratic Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes.
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Comedian and liberal talk show host Al Franken said he won't run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mark Dayton next year, saying he was committed to his radio show.
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Al Franken announced Wednesday that he will run for the Senate in 2008, making it clear that the comedian and author of "Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot" wants to be taken seriously as a political figure.
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âFoot-in-mouthâ senator has found a new strategy to stay on message.
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Ned Lamont headlined a recent fundraiser for the liberal Democracy for America. Days later, the Democratic Senate candidate was rubbing elbows with celebrities at a charity event sponsored by the liberal MoveOn.org, and he's been a guest on Air America, the liberal talk radio network.
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Fred Thompson &#151; veteran actor, former Republican senator &#151; launched his bid for the presidency Hollywood style. "I'm running for president of the United States," Thompson told Jay Leno in a taped appearance on NBC's "Tonight Show" airing Wednesday night.
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The last time a Republican presidential candidate won Minnesota was in 1972, with the nation at war in Vietnam and incumbent Richard Nixon seeking a second term. President Bush hopes to end the 32-year drought by increasing turnout among Republicans in the farther suburbs and rural areas of Minnesota.
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Democrat Bob Olson, the latest contender in MinnesotaÃ¢ÂÂs 2008 Senate race, is far lesser known than the partyÃ¢ÂÂs other candidates to challenge Republican Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman. He is entering a field already occupied by popular entertainer Al Franken and wealthy lawyer Mike Ciresi, who is widely recognized from his role in state lawsuits against tobacco companies and an initial Senate primary bid in 2000.
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Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas, in his longshot bid for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, advocates what he calls his Ã¢ÂÂcompassionate brand of conservatism.Ã¢ÂÂ
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A Republican senator pleaded guilty earlier this month to a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge stemming from his arrest at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, according to state criminal records.
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While his Democratic rivals campaigned in Iowa and New Hampshire, Sen. Christopher Dodd took to the Senate floor on Monday in hopes of pumping new energy into his presidential bid.
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Air America Radio, the liberal talk radio network headlined by the comedian and author Al Franken, is close to a sealing a deal with a buyer, a network spokeswoman said.
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WASHINGTON  &#151; In an April episode of ABC's "The View," Bill Maher and Rosie O'Donnell professed their support for Al Franken's 2008 Minnesota Senate candidacy, with O'Donnell saying she was "maxing out" to the comedian-turned-candidate.
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Senator Charles E. Schumer on Monday ruled out running for governor of New York in 2006, saying that he will instead help lead the Democratic Party&#39;s efforts to retake the Senate.
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US political commentator and comedian Al Franken announces he will run for Senate.