Minnesota governor's top choice to replace Franken is mulling 2018 run

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3. The fun will begin at the precinct caucuses February 6

the problem with not going the place holder route is that it might discourage other DFLers from challenging whoever he appoints which will lead to the Republicans running a "let the people decide" campaign. It could end in the same kind of disaster we had in 1978 when, thanks to Governor Wendell Anderson arranging to get himself appointed to Mondale's seat when Mondale became vice president, we lost both senate seats (Humphrey had died earlier that year and someone had to be elected to finish his term as well as the other seat coming up on its normal cycle.)