Senator Coleman is running for reelection in 2008. His Democratic opponent will likely be former [[Air America]] radio talk show host [[Al Franklin]] or Minneapolis attorney Mike Ciresi. Conventional wisdom holds that the race has a chance of becoming competitive. However, a July MPR/Mason-Dixon poll shows that Coleman is ahead of Ciresi 52%-29%, and ahead of Franklin 54%-32%.
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Senator Coleman is running for reelection in 2008. His Democratic opponent will likely be former [[Air America]] radio talk show host [[Al Franken]] or Minneapolis attorney Mike Ciresi. Conventional wisdom holds that the race has a chance of becoming competitive. However, a July MPR/Mason-Dixon poll shows that Coleman is ahead of Ciresi 52%-29%, and ahead of Franken 54%-32%.