WASHINGTON (AP) -- Comedian and liberal talk show host Al Franken said he won't run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mark Dayton next year, saying he was committed to his radio show.
"I believe in honoring my commitments," Franken said Thursday. "I agreed to do two more years on Air America radio."
Franken, a veteran of "Saturday Night Live," was born in New York City and lives there now, but grew up in the suburbs of Minneapolis. He had talked about challenging Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., in 2008, but Dayton's surprise departure gave him the chance to run earlier without challenging an incumbent Democrat.
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