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Smith was elected to her first full term with 48.74% of the vote in 2020 after winning a special election in 2018 to complete the term of former Senator Al Franken who resigned amid sexual harassment allegations. [1] [2] This will be the first U.S. Senate election in Minnesota without an incumbent since 2006. [3]
[10] [11] Coleman's appeal of the panel's decision to the Minnesota Supreme Court was unanimously rejected on June 30, [12] and he subsequently conceded the election. [13] Franken was sworn in as the junior senator from Minnesota on July 7. [14] With a margin of just 0.01%, this election was the closest race of the 2008 Senate election cycle.
Alan Stuart Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an American politician, comedian, actor, and writer who served as a United States senator from Minnesota from 2009 to 2018. He first gained fame as a writer and performer on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, where he worked for three stints.
A list of key dates through the November election, ... Breaking Down the 2024 Election Calendar. Nik Popli. August 19, 2024 at 7:34 AM ... The Today Show.
The battle for the presidency will be the marquee race in Minnesota and across the country in 2024, but there's a lot more at stake. Minnesota's Second District is expected to once again be one of ...
Voters will make a choice regarding one of Minnesota’s U.S. Senate seats this Nov. 5. Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s seat is up for grabs. Klobuchar won the seat in 2007.
Franken was sworn in as Minnesota's junior senator on July 7, 2009. [ 10 ] Because Franken's margin of victory was so slim, the seat was initially thought to be a top target for Republicans, but Politico reported in a May 2013 article that Franken's high approval rating, his large war chest, and the Republicans' struggle to find a top-tier ...
Minnesota Senator and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar does a TV interview in the spin room following the CNN/Des Moines Register Democratic Presidential Debate at Drake ...