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Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.)

District: Junior Senator from Minnesota
Residence: Minneapolis
Born: May 21, 1951; Manhattan, N.Y.
Religion: Jewish
Family: Wife, Franni Franken; two children
Education: Harvard U., A.B. 1973 (general studies)
Military Service: None
Political Highlights: No previous office; U.S. Senate, 2009-present
Elected: Elected: 2008 (1st term); Defeated Sen. Norm Coleman, R
Committee Assignments: Energy & Natural Resources (Energy; National Parks; Public Lands & Forests); Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (Children & Families; Employment & Workplace Safety); Indian Affairs; Judiciary (Antitrust, Competition Policy & Consumer Rights; Constitution, Civil Rights & Human Rights; Immigration, Refugees & Border Security; Privacy, Technology & the Law - Chairman)

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State Information: Minnesota

Election History
Year	Election	Candidate	Votes	Percent
2008 ⁺	general	James Niemackl (CNSTP)
		Dean Barkley (INDC)
		Charles Aldrich (LIBERT)
		Al Franken (D)	1,212,629	41.5%
		Norm Coleman (R)	1,212,317	41.5%
2002	general	Norm Coleman (R)	1,116,697	49.5%
		Walter Mondale (D)	1,067,246	47.3%
		Jim Moore (INDC)	45,139	2%
		Paul Wellstone (D)	11,381	0.5%
		Ray Tricomo (GREEN)	10,119	0.4%
		Miro Kovatchevich (CNSTP)	2,254	0.1%
1996	general	Paul Wellstone (D)	1,098,493	50.3%
		Rudy Boschwitz (R)	901,282	41.3%
		Dean Barkley (REF)	152,333	7%
		Tim Davis (GR)	14,139	0.6%
		Roy Ezra Carlton (LIBERT)	5,428	0.2%
		Howard B. Hanson (RES)	4,382	0.2%
		Steve Johnson (NL)	4,321	0.2%
		Thomas A. Fiske (SW)	1,554	0.1%
1990	general	Paul Wellstone (DFL)	911,999	50%
		Rudy Boschwitz (IR)	864,375	48%
		Russell B. Bentley (GR)	29,820	2%

+ Nearly complete, unofficial returns

Vote For President
Year	Democrat	Republican
2008	Barack Obama: 54.06%	John McCain: 43.82%
2004	John Kerry: 51%	George W. Bush: 48%
2000	Al Gore: 48%	George W. Bush: 46%
1996	Bill Clinton: 51%	Robert Dole: 35%
1992	Bill Clinton: 43%	George H. W. Bush: 32%
1988	Michael Dukakis: 53%	George H. W. Bush: 46%
1984	Walter F. Mondale: 50%	: