Al Franken Launches First Senate Campaign Ads

From Minnesota's Duluth Journal:

Al Franken for Senate announced today that two television ads will begin running on all four major broadcast networks, as well as on cable. The first ads can be seen Tuesday morning, January 15, in the Minneapolis-St. Paul and Duluth markets.

"Mrs. Molin," a 60-second spot, features Val Molin, Al's fourth-grade teacher at Cedar Manor Elementary School in St. Louis Park. This lively, fun spot introduces Al's biography: his roots in Minnesota, his education at Harvard, his 32-year marriage to Franni, his career as an author and radio host, his seven USO tours overseas, and his agenda for Minnesota families, including universal health care, affordable college tuition, and an end to the war in Iraq.

"I'm Running," a 30-second spot, is about some of the people who have shaped Al's decision to run and who will shape what he does in the U.S. Senate. It features Casey Carmody, a student at MSU-Mankato, who, in addition to working 40-hour weeks around his full-time class schedule, sells his plasma twice a week in order to afford tuition. It also features the Miller family of St. Louis Park, one of countless families of nearly every economic status telling Al that our broken health care system is impacting their lives.

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