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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.〔 〕〔(St. Paul Pioneer Press )〕 This close margin triggered a mandatory recount.〔(''Senate race 100% counted: Coleman up; recount coming'' ), Star Tribune, November 5, 2008.〕〔Patricia Lopez and Bob von Sternberg. (''Day 4: Ballot-counters press on, find glitches'' ). Star Tribune. November 23, 2008. Retrieved November 23, 2008.〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Election Reporting )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Finding of Facts, Conclusion of Law, and Order for Judgment )〕〔 〕 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. ==Candidates== The general election was among candidates nominated by three major parties, the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), the Republican Party of Minnesota (R), and Independence Party of Minnesota, as well as two other parties, the Libertarian Party (L) and the Constitution Party (C). The Green Party failed to nominate a candidate. *Charles Aldrich (L) *Dean Barkley (IP)—Former U.S. Senator, co-founder of the Minnesota Independence Party.〔()〕〔(''Jesse the Diva gives way to bravado-lite Barkley.'' ) Minnesota Post, July 15, 2008. Retrieved November 7, 2008.〕 *Norm Coleman (R)—First-term incumbent U.S. Senator, former mayor of St. Paul. *Al Franken (DFL)—Former Air America radio talk-show host, writer, comedian, and political commentator. *James Niemackl (C) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2008」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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