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By J. Patrick Coolican
Star Tribune
DECEMBER 13, 2017
Minnesota Lt. Gov. Tina Smith
Gov. Mark Dayton will appoint Lt. Gov. Tina Smith to replace Sen. Al Franken as Minnesota’s next U.S. senator, according to two high-level Democratic sources with knowledge of the decision. Dayton will name Smith as his choice at a Wednesday morning news conference, and she plans to run for the seat in a 2018 special election, the sources said. Franken announced last week his intention to resign after he was accused of improper conduct toward more than half a dozen women. “She’s a person of intelligence and competence, and from what I’ve seen, she’d be a good campaigner and a good candidate,” said state Sen. Richard Cohen, DFL-St. Paul. The selection also means Minnesota will have two female U.S. senators for the first time in history. The selection also means Minnesota will have two female U.S. senators for the first time in history.
Sources say Lt. Gov. Tina Smith to be named U.S. Senator to replace Al Franken on Wednesday
Tina Smith will join Amy Klobuchar as the US Senators from Minnesota.
Related: Minnesota Lt. Gov. Tina Smith to replace Al Franken in the Senate
Franken is so pissed. His door back in just got slammed shut.
Back to SNL I guess.
Welp... got some reading to do to see who she is and what she's about.
Sources say Lt. Gov. Tina Smith to be named U.S. Senator to replace Al Franken on Wednesday
Tina Smith will join Amy Klobuchar as the US Senators from Minnesota.
Related: Minnesota Lt. Gov. Tina Smith to replace Al Franken in the Senate
Franken is so pissed. His door back in just got slammed shut.
Back to SNL I guess.
Actually he likes Tina Smith and thinks she'll do a great job.
And she will.
Yeah, that's what he's thinking for sure, Polly Anna.
Franken is so pissed. His door back in just got slammed shut.
Back to SNL I guess.
What fresh babble is this?
He's promised to resign. What "door back in"?
He said as much.
Al Franken isn't coming back to elected office.
He was, and now he isn't. Then that senate seat goes back to the GOP next time around.
Win-win.
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