Swine to Decide Minnesota Senate Seat

by: Oreo

Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 13:30:00 PM EDT

While most Minnesotans are waiting for their never-ending U.S. Senate race to be decided by the Supreme Court in St. Paul, folks in the tiny hamlet of Nevis have taken matters into their own hands.

During the Hubbard County town's Fourth of July celebration, a pair of piglets named Norm Coleman and Al Franken will race through downtown to determine the winner of the still-vacant Senate seat. - Strib

Let's hope the race gets called off due to the Minnesota Supreme Court finally ruling for Franken this week.