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Norm Coleman
United States senator
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association with Pawlenty
- In Tim Pawlenty
…in favour of another candidate—Norm Coleman, the mayor of St. Paul, who had switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party in 1996. In 2001 Pawlenty intended to make a bid for the U.S. Senate but was persuaded not to run—again in favour of Coleman—by Vice Pres. Dick…
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defeat by Franken
- In Al Franken
…to the incumbent Republican senator, Norm Coleman.
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history of Minnesota
- In Minnesota: Adaptation and growth
…that the incumbent Republican senator Norm Coleman had defeated DFL candidate Al Franken by just 215 votes. The narrow differential prompted a mandatory recount, by which it was determined in January 2009 that Franken had actually won the race by 225 votes. Coleman challenged the recount in a lawsuit, but…
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