Al Franken to be Minnesota Senator

We have finally learned who the newest Senator for Minnesota will be…. Al Franken has been officially announced the winner of the highly disputed Senatorial race from this past November.

The state Supreme Court announced today that it was going to force Republican candidate Norm Coleman to concede the race to Franken. The decision to add Al Franken to the Senate is a big win for Democrats. Franken gives the Democrats 60 votes, which is enough to prevent any Republican attempt at delaying legislation, also known as a filibuster.

Definitely a major blow to the Republicans, and another major win for the Democrat party.

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