 Franken said he learned that 21 % of Americans received most of their news from talk radio , an almost exclusively conservative medium . Said Franken , " I didn 't want to sit on the sidelines , and I believed Air America could make a difference . " In November 2003 , Franken talked about moving to his home state of Minnesota to run for the Senate . At the time the seat , once held by Wellstone , was occupied by Republican Norm Coleman . In 2005 , Franken announced his move to Minnesota : " I can tell you honestly , I don 't know if I 'm going to run , but I 'm doing the stuff I need to do in order to do it . " In late 2005 , Franken started his own political action committee , called Midwest Values PAC . By early 2007 , the PAC raised more than $ 1 million . 
