Al Franken enters Minnesota Senate race
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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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Rasmussen Reports - Updated September 1, 2006ÃÂOn the first day of September, Rasmussen Reports is making our fourth shift in the Balance of Power ratings. All four have been in the same directionÃÂtowards a more competitive race. The latest change moves the Minnesota Senate race from &quot;Democrat&quot; to &quot;Leans Democrat.&quot; Democrat Amy Klobuchar leads Mark Kennedy 47% to 40% in that race. In our previous poll, she held a 12-point advantage.
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Republican challenger John Thune beat Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, adding a South Dakota Senate seat to GOP gains in Georgia, Florida, Louisiana and the Carolinas.
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MINNEAPOLIS  &#151; Comedian Al Franken said Wednesday he will run for U.S. Senate in 2008, confirming his long-suspected plans to seek the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican Sen. Norm Coleman.
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Maryland held one of the yearÃ¢ÂÂs latest primaries, on Sept. 12. So it took practically no time at all for the contest between the nominees in the stateÃ¢ÂÂs competitive open-seat Senate contest, 10-term Democratic Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin and Republican Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, to turn combative.
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The hotly contested race to fill  Florida's open U.S. Senate seat has been dominated by someone  who is not running, an imprisoned former professor awaiting  trial on charges of raising funds for Palestinian suicide  bombers.
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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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Former Gov. Mark Warner announced Thursday that he will run next year for the U.S. Senate &#151; and minutes later, Republicans launched a Web site determined to tank him.
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The hotly contested race to fill Florida's open U.S. Senate seat has been dominated by someone who is not running, an imprisoned former professor awaiting trial on charges of raising funds for Palestinian suicide bombers.
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Democrats in MinnesotaÃ¢ÂÂs strongly Democratic 5th Congressional District put history into motion by nominating state Rep. Keith Ellison in TuesdayÃ¢ÂÂs primary Ã¢ÂÂ all but guaranteeing that he will become the first Muslim ever elected to Congress.
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Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken raised nearly $2 million in the latest reporting period, pulling in more money than both his Democratic rival and the Republican incumbent, Sen. Norm Coleman.
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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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Minnesota Republican Mark Kennedy, who is running for governor, currently represents the 6th District in the House. That seat was once held by the father of a famous aviator. Who was that congressman's son?  Chuck Yeager Charles Lindbergh Wilbur Wright Howard Hughes
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Rasmussen Reports - Having emerged successfully from the September 12 Democratic primary, Ben Cardin now leads Lt. Gov. Michael Steele 50% to 43% in the race for Maryland&#39;s Senate seat. Cardin was ahead 47% to 42% over Steele in the last poll leading up to the primary.
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Sen. Sam Brownback is joining an increasingly crowded field of 2008 presidential candidates, hoping his social conservative credentials will appeal to Republican primary voters.
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Republicans have chosen the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul &#151; in the politically pivotal Midwest &#151; for the 2008 presidential convention, GOP officials said Wednesday.
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Frank Magill, a career prosecutor, will become acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota, Justice Department officials announced yesterday. The move places an uncontroversial veteran in charge of an office that has been roiled by staff rebellions and a federal investigation.