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Nov 6, 2008 10:28 am US/Central

Heffelfinger Declines Role In Senate Race Recount

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ― Former U.S. Attorney Tom Heffelfinger says he won't play a role in the recount of Minnesota's U.S. Senate race after all.
  
Republican Sen. Norm Coleman's campaign said Wednesday that it had retained Heffelfinger to help oversee the upcoming recount, which became necessary after Coleman finished with just a 475-vote lead over Democrat Al Franken.
  
But Heffelfinger issued a statement Thursday saying he has reconsidered.
  
He says taking a leadership role with Coleman's recount team would interfere with his previous commitment to St. Paul to co-chair an independent commission reviewing law enforcement planning and tactics surrounding the Republican National Convention.

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Norm Coleman was born in New York City in 1949. Al Franken was born in New York City in 1951.


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