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Throughout the short speech, Franken made the case that middle-class families in Minnesota and elsewhere needed help, saying that they “struggle with that feeling of insecurity—the sense that things can fall apart without notice...

Author: By Paras D. Bhayani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Franken Begins Senate Campaign | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

...Franken said yesterday that he would challenge Republican Sen. Norman B. Coleman (R-Minn.) next year, confirming longtime rumors that he would mount a bid for the Senate. Before taking on Coleman, Franken will face off against wealthy trial lawyer Michael V. Ciresi in the Democratic primary...

Author: By Paras D. Bhayani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Franken Begins Senate Campaign | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

...Though Franken left Minnesota to attend Harvard in the late 1960s and later worked for decades as a comedian in New York City, he moved back to Minnesota in 2005—in part, he has said to other news outlets, to make possible a run against Coleman...

Author: By Paras D. Bhayani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Franken Begins Senate Campaign | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

...announcement, Franken borrowed a page from fellow Democrat Barack H. Obama, who graduated from Harvard Law School in 1991, by placing a video on his Web site in which he spoke about his family and explained his reasons for running...

Author: By Paras D. Bhayani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Franken Begins Senate Campaign | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

...typical politician—I’ve spent my career as a comedian,” Franken said in the video. “Minnesotans have a right to be skeptical about whether I’m ready for this challenge, and to wonder how seriously I would take the responsibility that I’m asking you to give...

Author: By Paras D. Bhayani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Franken Begins Senate Campaign | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

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