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Norm Coleman Rules Out Senate Bid In 2014 [View all]
Source: TPM
DAVID TAINTOR 10:00 AM EST, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 9, 2013
Former Sen. Norm Colenman (R-MN) ruled out another bid for Senate in 2014, in an interview with National Journal.
The former senator, who narrowly lost to Al Franken in 2008, said Franken's low profile has boded well for Franken.
"He's been pretty much invisible," Coleman told National Journal. "In that sense he hasn't created a lot of enemies. I don't know if that's his strategy, but it's a pretty good strategy if it is.”
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Read more: http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/norm-coleman-rules-out-senate-bid-in-2014
Link to National Journal article:
http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/are-republicans-scared-of-al-franken-20130109
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