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Democratic senatorial candidate Al Franken (front) celebrates after he received the Democratic Party endorsement during the 2008 Minnesota State DFL convention in the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, Minnesota, June 7, 2008. REUTERS/Eric Miller

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