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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.
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.
Minnesota was admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858. As of January 3, 2018, the state has had 44 people serve in the United States Senate.Its current U.S. senators are Democrats Amy Klobuchar (since 2007) and Tina Smith (since 2018), making it one of only four states to have two female U.S. senators alongside Nevada, New Hampshire and Washington.
Retired to run for U.S. senator. March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 Elected in 1888. Lost re-election to Harries. Frank Eddy: Republican: 7th: March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903 Glenwood: Elected in 1894. Retired. Keith Ellison: Democratic–Farmer–Labor: 5th: January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2019 Minneapolis: Elected in 2006. Retired to run for ...
Incumbent Democratic–Farmer–Labor Senator Al Franken ran for re-election to a second term. Primary elections were held on August 12, 2014, in which Franken was renominated and the Republicans picked financial executive Mike McFadden.
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The 2018 United States Senate special election in Minnesota took place on November 6, 2018, to elect a United States senator from Minnesota to replace incumbent Democratic senator Al Franken until the regular expiration of the term on January 3, 2021. Facing multiple accusations of sexual misconduct, Franken announced on December 7, 2017, that ...
Allan DeKruif represented District 25 which included: Le Sueur; Rice; Scott; Sibley counties in the south central part of the state.; DeKruif was first elected in 2010. He was a member of the Education, the Jobs and Economic Growth, and the Transportation committees.