Senate recount means it’s still sign season in Minnesota

Minnesota’s ongoing statewide U.S. Senate recount means that political lawn sign season is into extra innings also — even amid snowdrifts and minus-30-degree windchills. You see signs from the Senate race still out in yards around the Twin Cities. Mostly I see Al Franken signs, but presumably there are Norm Coleman signs to be found as well, in the right neighborhoods. It’s a tradition with this Senate seat — people left signs up for the late U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone years after his death shortly before the 2002 election.

When I pulled over to take a picture of this lawn sign today in St. Paul, a man in insulated coveralls was shoveling the driveway. Would he mind my tromping through his fresh snow for a photo of his yard sign?

“You’re not the first one to ask,” he said. “It’s not a campaign sign, by the way. Campaign signs are supposed to be removed 10 days after the election. This sign is informational.”