NPR host is now Minnesota’s secretary of state
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From the "you had one job" file:
Scott Simon, the NPR host, has accepted the mandate.
Steve Simon, the actual winner and current officeholder, has not yet conceded the contest.
[Update 10:13 a.m.]
Simon says -- I've waited all morning to use that phrase -- if elected he will not serve.
Twitter commenters let Scott Simon know that the Butter Cow contest is the Iowa state fair's.
[Update 1:44 p.m.] -
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