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REPORTS the Washington Post : In Minnesota, Sen. Norm Coleman has built a 53 percent to 38 percent edge over entertainer Al Franken -thanks in no small part to a series of gaffes by the former "Saturday Night ...

Just a few months ago, Al Franken had plenty of reasons to smile about his chances of unseating Minnesota's Republican Sen.

Minnesota should be a slam-dunk for the Democrats as they look for places to gain Senate seats and a big enough majority to control the legislative agenda next year.

Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken will face a primary opponent, an attorney from a well-known family in Minnesota legal circles.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - So, it's come to this. You can spend the better part of an hour with Al Franken and hardly laugh at all.

Al Franken has long been a player on the American comedy scene, but politics has played just as integral a part in his life.

In Minnesota's U.S. Senate Race, Democrat Al Franken made his candidacy official on paper Thursday.

Democrat Al Franken's new campaign ad weighs in on the energy crisis by connecting the dots between gas prices and the work of oil company lobbyists who once served as lawmakers.

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By Michael Kinsley Monday, July 7, 2008; 12:00 AM Americans say they want to be represented by "real people" and not by "professional politicians." But with their votes they reward professionalism and drain the ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - So it's come to this. You can spend the better part of an hour with Al Franken and hardly laugh at all.

In this June 7, 2008 file photo, Al Franken, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for U. S. Senate from Minnesota, addresses delegates at the party's state more... In this March 13, 2007 file photo, House ...

Moving from celebrity to senator isn't exactly an untraveled path. But that doesn't mean comedian Al Franken, who is vying for a Senate seat in Minnesota, will coast to Capitol Hill on a wide, smooth road.

A government watchdog group in Washington today called on the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate whether Sen.

Somewhere around mile 10 of Grandma's Marathon, I knew I wasn't going to qualify for the Boston Marathon.

What do Al Franken, the comic and Senate candidate; Norman Ornstein, the "King of Quotes"; Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas Friedman ; and Joel and Ethan Coen, Oscar winners, have in common? They're all ...

THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE a campaign stop. But there are no babies to be kissed, no Marines to salute.

' "I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me!" This was the daily affirmation of the self-esteem challenged character Al Franken played on "Saturday Night Live," and it seems to ring ...

Should funnyman Al Franken prevail in his race for a U.S. Senate seat in Minnesota, the win would be one for the history books.

He's waged a personal war against America's most outspoken shock-jock, earned the scorn of George Bush, and lampooned right-wing politics in a string of hard-hitting bestsellers.