Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton (D) is scheduled to announce Sen. Al Franken’s (D-MN) appointed replacement on Wednesday.
Dayton’s office announced in an advisory sent out Tuesday that the governor will announce his appointment to replace Franken at 10 a.m. local time from the Minnesota State Capitol.
Franken announced last week that he will resign from the Senate in the “coming weeks” after numerous women accused him of sexual harassment and misconduct. He denied some of the allegations and touted his own political record as a “champion of women.”
Dayton is expected to name Lt. Gov. Tina Smith as Franken’s replacement. Minnesota will hold a special election in November 2018 for a candidate to complete Franken’s term through 2020.
Handing the election to Republican’ts in 2018, unless she plans to run in 2018. Then it will be a far tougher race than if he had appointed somebody more well-known…
Here’s hoping Al can do some ‘coaching from the penalty box’ or something like it. Would it make sense or even be possible for him to run again in 2020?
Intrigued, you’re in the fine State of Minnesota, who would you prefer-suggest?
Someone the other day floated that appointing the State’s AG, Lori Swanson, to the seat would be a much better move on all counts.
Wonder how the Alabama election result could affect the chances of a RePube grabbing the Minnesota seat in 2018?