Patty Wetterling has scheduled a news conference today. The Minneapolis Star Tribune is speculating that Wetterling will drop out of the U.S. Senate race.
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If Wetterling drops out of the race, the likely Democratic nominee will be Hennepin County DA Amy Kloubuchar. Kloubuchar has been beating Wetterling in fund raising and has been picking up key endorsements in the DFL.
The eventual Democratic nominee will face Congressman Mark Kennedy, who defeated Wetterling for his seat in the sixth district in 2004. Kennedy ran an especially nasty campaign against Wetterling, who is a statewide hero. Wetterling's son, Jacob, was abducted in 1989 and had never been found. Wetterling has worked tirelessly as an advocate for missing and sexually exploited children for over 16 years and founded the Jacob Wetterling Foundation.