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Al Franken

The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved in politics. I'm looking at a run for Senate in 2008, but in the meantime I am focused on knitting together the progressive network in the upper Midwest.

Al Franken

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Al Franken plans to return to Minnesota and pursue a political career by potentially running for the Senate in 2008. Before that, he intends to strengthen connections among progressive political groups in the upper Midwest region.

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