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Jul 7, 2009 5:53 pm US/Central

With Senator Seated, Minn. Reporter Loses Beard

ST. PAUL (AP) ― Minnesota's Senate standoff was a big, hairy deal. Just ask St. Paul Pioneer Press political reporter Bill Salisbury.

Sen. Al Franken's swearing-in Tuesday brought a shaving-off for Salisbury and the beard he grew over the eight months the race lingered.

Salisbury vowed on Nov. 5 -- the day after the election ended in recount territory -- that he wouldn't shave until the contest concluded and a senator took the oath. He thought he'd have a clean face by Christmas.

But the race stretched from the recount to a courtroom battle that wasn't settled until June 30.

Salisbury has been on the paper's political staff for three decades, but he didn't cover the day-to-day developments in the race.

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Democrats said Franken will assume seats on the Senate Select Committee on Aging, the Committee on Indian Affairs, the Judiciary Committee and the Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions.

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