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Sen. Al Franken is up with his second ad in as many weeks.

This one focuses on a woman named Holly Peterson, who contracted meningitis 

after getting a contaminated steroid injections

 to crack down on the type of pharmacies that distributed the contaminated injections.

The ad is running statewide. According to documents 

filed with the Federal Communications Commission

, Franken is spending nearly $200,000 to run the ads on four major networks in the Twin Cities.

This is Franken's second ad of his re-election campaign. One of his potential opponents, Mike McFadden, 

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Sen. Al Franken is up with his second ad in as many weeks. This one focuses on a woman named Holly Peterson, who contracted meningitis after getting a contaminated steroid injections. Franken sponsored legislation to crack down on the type of pharmacies that distributed the contaminated injections. The ad is running statewide. According to documents filed with…

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