who is my state senator and representative minnesota?
Al Franken
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 Minnesota 's United States senators are Democrat Amy Klobuchar and Democrat Al Franken . The outcome of the 2008 U.S. Senate election in Minnesota was contested until June 30 the next year ; when the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled in favor of Franken , Republican Norm Coleman conceded defeat , and the vacant seat was filled by Franken . The state has eight congressional districts ; they are represented by Tim Walz ( 1st district ; DFL ) , John Kline ( 2nd ; R ) , Erik Paulsen ( 3rd ; R ) , Betty McCollum ( 4th ; DFL ) , Keith Ellison ( 5th ; DFL ) , Tom Emmer ( 6th ; R ) , Collin Peterson ( 7th ; DFL ) , and Rick Nolan ( 8th ; DFL ) . 

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 In an unusual political circumstance , the 2001 legislative elections returned a senate with equal numbers of Republicans and Democrats , with each party having 20 senators . Both sides negotiated to choose two senators from their respective parties to serve as co @-@ presidents . Because of an 8 @-@ day gap between the seating of the new state legislature and the inauguration of Governor @-@ elect Jim McGreevey , four men held the position of acting governor : 

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 Joel and Ethan Coen , Terry Gilliam , Bill Pohlad , and Mike Todd contributed to the art of filmmaking as writers , directors , and producers . Actors from Minnesota include Loni Anderson , Richard Dean Anderson , James Arness , Jessica Biel , Rachael Leigh Cook , Julia Duffy , Mike Farrell , Judy Garland , Peter Graves , Josh Hartnett , Garrett Hedlund , Tippi Hedren , Jessica Lange , Kelly Lynch , E.G. Marshall , Chris Pratt , Jane Russell , Winona Ryder , Seann William Scott , Kevin Sorbo , Lea Thompson , Vince Vaughn , Jesse Ventura , and Steve Zahn . 

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 The state 's U.S. Senate seats have generally been split since the early 1990s , and in the 108th and 109th Congresses , Minnesota 's congressional delegation was split , with four representatives and one senator from each party . In the 2006 midterm election , Democrats were elected to all state offices except for governor and lieutenant governor , where Republicans Tim Pawlenty and Carol Molnau narrowly won reelection . The DFL also posted double @-@ digit gains in both houses of the legislature , elected Amy Klobuchar to the U.S. Senate , and increased the party 's U.S. House caucus by one . Keith Ellison ( DFL ) was elected as the first African American U.S. Representative from Minnesota as well as the first Muslim elected to Congress nationwide . In 2008 DFLer and former comedian and radio talk show host Al Franken beat incumbent Republican Norm Coleman in the United States Senate race by 312 votes out of 3 million cast . 

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 The filmmakers sent out letters to many politicians , both Democrat and Republican , asking them to make cameo appearances in the film . Several of the scenes had already been shot using actors in these roles , but the filmmakers went back and re @-@ shot those scenes when real politicians agreed to be in the film . Those who agreed , including U.S. Senators Harry Reid , Barbara Boxer , Orrin Hatch , Charles Grassley , and Don Nickles , and Massachusetts governor Bill Weld , were filmed in a scene that was entirely improvised . 
