Amid the growing flurry of end-of-the-decade lists, the Washington Post's "The Fix" political blog has ranked 10 U.S. Senate races as the best of the 2000s.
2 Minnesota Senate races rank best of the decade
Although "best" might not be how the state's voters would describe the 2002 and 2008 campaigns.
By bobo vonste
December 15, 2009 at 3:15PM
The 2002 Senate race between the late Paul Wellstone and then Walter Mondale against Norm Coleman ranked third, while last year's epic contest between Coleman and Al Franken took the fourth spot.
The best race? That would have been John Thune's historic dethroning of Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle.
The entire list can be read here.
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