The Minnesota Primary is Tuesday and Al Franken has an Opponent

First term Senator Al Franken is up for reelection this year. He has a primary opponent and a strong GOP challenger in the November general election. The outlook for Franken is pretty good. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has this information about him: "Senator Al Franken has spent his first term working in a bipartisan way to improve the lives of Minnesota families.  He quickly built a reputation in Washington as a hardworking, effective legislator who is willing to work with anyone to deliver for his state. He has been a champion for veterans, health care reform, and Minnesota’s small businesses and middle class. Republicans will try to challenge Senator Franken, but polls show him well-positioned for reelection. Minnesota has trended more Democratic with both Senator Klobuchar and President Obama winning the state by wide margins in 2012." http://www.dscc.org/races/minnesota

That sounds very positive. Also, Ballotpedia has this: "Incumbent Al Franken holds what will most likely be a safe Democratic seat.The Cook Political Report rates this race as "Likely Democratic," which the website defines as seats that are "not considered competitive at this point but have the potential to become engaged."  http://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_elections_in_Minnesota,_2014

The Minneapolis Star Tribune recently had an article comparing the fund raising of both Franken and his most likely GOP opponent, Mike McFadden. It seems that both men are adept at raking in the campaign contributions. The paper calls the race, "A Top Dollar Show."  http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/269635201.html

Franken's Democratic opponent in Tuesday's primary is Sandra Henningsgard. I was not able to find much information on this candidate. Project Vote Smart only had her contact information:
 http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/152769/sandra-henningsgard#.U-PKY_RDuSo and Ballotpedia, usually as wealth of information only had this: http://ballotpedia.org/Sandra_Henningsgard Other sources also came up empty.

However, if you'd like more information on Senator Franken, Ballotpedia has an exhaustive list of resources: http://ballotpedia.org/Al_Franken

If you remember, it was Franken's contested election in 2008 that kept the Democrats in the Senate from having a filibuster proof majority for so many months. http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/court-rules-franken-has-won-senate-seat/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

So when people talk about Democrats having the Senate, remind them how long it was before we actually had 60 votes. Do what you can, where you can, whenever you can to Get Out The Vote and vote for Democrats. https://www.facebook.com/ProgressiveDemocratsMovingForwardNotBack?ref_type=bookmark