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| | Election Name | United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2008 |
| Country | Minnesota |
| Type | presidential |
| Ongoing | no |
| Previous Election | United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2002 |
| Previous Year | 2002 |
| Next Election | United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2014 |
| Next Year | 2014 |
| Election Date | November 4, 2008 |
| Nominee1 | Al Franken |
| Party1 | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party |
| Popular Vote1 | 1,212,629 |
| Percentage1 | 41.994% |
| Nominee2 | Norm Coleman |
| Party2 | Republican Party of Minnesota |
| Popular Vote2 | 1,212,317 |
| Percentage2 | 41.983% |
| Nominee3 | Dean Barkley |
| Party3 | Independence Party of Minnesota |
| Popular Vote3 | 437,505 |
| Percentage3 | 15.150% |
| Map Image | Minnesota Gubernatorial Election Results by County, 2008.svg |
| Map Size | 200px |
| Map Caption | County Results |
| Title | Senator |
| Before Election | Norm Coleman |
| Before Party | Republican Party of Minnesota |
| After Election | Al Franken |
| After Party | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party |
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The 2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 4, 2008. After a legal battle lasting over eight months, Al Franken from the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) defeated Republican incumbent Norm Coleman in one of the closest elections in the history of the Senate. Al Franken took his oath of office on July 7, 2009, more than half a year after the beginning of his term on January 3, 2009.
When the initial count was completed on November 18, Franken was trailing Coleman by 215 votes. This close margin triggered a mandatory recount. After reviewing ballots that had been challenged during the recount and counting 953 wrongly rejected absentee ballots, the State Canvassing Board officially certified the recount results with Franken holding a 225-vote lead.
On January 6, 2009, Coleman's campaign filed an election contest and on April 13, a three-judge panel dismissed Coleman's Notice of Contest and ruled that Franken had won the election by 312 votes.
Coleman’s appeal of the panel's decision to the Minnesota Supreme Court was unanimously rejected on June 30, and he conceded the election. Al Franken was sworn in as the junior Senator from Minnesota on July 7, 2009.
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