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After a legal battle lasting over eight months, the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) candidate, Al Franken, defeated Republican incumbent Norm Coleman in one of the closest elections in the history of the Senate, with Coleman's Senate predecessor Dean Barkley taking third place.
Elected to the Senate in 2002, he was narrowly defeated in his 2008 reelection bid. As of 2024, he is the most recent Republican to have represented Minnesota in the U.S. Senate. Born in New York City, Coleman was elected mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota's capital and second-largest city, in 1993 as a member of the Democratic Party.
He narrowly lost to Republican Norm Coleman, the former mayor of Saint Paul. The day before the election, Governor Jesse Ventura appointed the 1996 Independence Party candidate, Dean Barkley , to serve the remainder of Wellstone's term.
Coleman was first elected to the Senate in 2002. He left office in 2009 after a re-election race against Democratic challenger Al Franken that took roughly 8 months to resolve. On June 30, 2009 the Minnesota Supreme Court declared Democrat Al Franken the victor by 312 votes.
State Highlights. The bitterly contested Senate race between the Republican incumbent, Norm Coleman, and his Democratic challenger, Al Franken, the political humorist and former "Saturday...
9 paź 2022 · About 3 million ballots were cast in the election and Republican Sen. Norm Coleman holds a 215 vote lead over DFL challenger Al Franken. (David Joles, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star...
7 lis 2002 · Norm Coleman, Republican candidate who looked like 'political toast' ten days ago, just after Sen Paul Wellstone's death in plane crash, celebrates win over Walter Mondale, last-minute...
