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class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Franken" title="Al Franken – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Al Franken" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Franken" title="Al Franken – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Al Franken" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Franken" title="Al Franken – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Al Franken" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%86" title="ال فرنکن – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ال فرنکن" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Franken" title="Al Franken – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Al Franken" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Franken" title="Al Franken – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Al Franken" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gaeilge</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a 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Franken – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Al Franken" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Franken" title="Al Franken – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Al Franken" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%A7%D7%9F" title="אל פרנקן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אל פרנקן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Franken" title="Al Franken – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Al 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Al Franken</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:Al_Franken,_official_portrait,_114th_Congress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Al_Franken%2C_official_portrait%2C_114th_Congress.jpg/220px-Al_Franken%2C_official_portrait%2C_114th_Congress.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Al_Franken%2C_official_portrait%2C_114th_Congress.jpg/330px-Al_Franken%2C_official_portrait%2C_114th_Congress.jpg 1.5x, 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Norm_Coleman" title="Norm Coleman">Norm Coleman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tina_Smith" title="Tina Smith">Tina Smith</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Alan Stuart Franken</div> (1951-05-21) May 21, 1951 (age 73) <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> (<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">DFL</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Franni Bryson</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1975)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/File:Al_Franken_Signature.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Al Franken's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Al_Franken_Signature.svg/128px-Al_Franken_Signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Al_Franken_Signature.svg/192px-Al_Franken_Signature.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Al_Franken_Signature.svg/256px-Al_Franken_Signature.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="182" data-file-height="43" /></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid 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plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Al_Franken_reads_Operation_Chickenhawk_from_his_book,_Rush_Limbaugh_is_a_Big_Fat_Idiot,_1996.ogg" title="File:Al Franken reads Operation Chickenhawk from his book, Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot, 1996.ogg">Franken's voice</a></div> <div><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="215" style="width:215px;" data-durationhint="1061" data-mwtitle="Al_Franken_reads_Operation_Chickenhawk_from_his_book,_Rush_Limbaugh_is_a_Big_Fat_Idiot,_1996.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/de/Al_Franken_reads_Operation_Chickenhawk_from_his_book%2C_Rush_Limbaugh_is_a_Big_Fat_Idiot%2C_1996.ogg/Al_Franken_reads_Operation_Chickenhawk_from_his_book%2C_Rush_Limbaugh_is_a_Big_Fat_Idiot%2C_1996.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Al_Franken_reads_Operation_Chickenhawk_from_his_book%2C_Rush_Limbaugh_is_a_Big_Fat_Idiot%2C_1996.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></div> <div class="description">Reading "Operation Chickenhawk", a chapter from his book <a href="/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh_Is_a_Big_Fat_Idiot_and_Other_Observations" title="Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations">Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations</a> (1996)</div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> Alan Stuart Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an American politician, comedian, actor, and writer who served as a <a href="/wiki/United_States_senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States senator">United States senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a> from 2009 to 2018. He first gained fame as a writer and performer on the <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> <a href="/wiki/Sketch_comedy" title="Sketch comedy">sketch comedy</a> series <a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a>, where he worked for three stints. He first served as a writer for the show from 1975 to 1980, and returned from 1985 to 1995 as a writer and, briefly, a cast member. After decades as an entertainer, he became a <a href="/wiki/Liberalism_in_the_United_States" title="Liberalism in the United States">liberal</a> political activist, hosting <a href="/wiki/The_Al_Franken_Show" title="The Al Franken Show">The Al Franken Show</a> on <a href="/wiki/Air_America_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Air America Radio">Air America Radio</a>. Franken was elected to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> in <a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota">2008</a> as the nominee of the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party</a> (DFL, an affiliate of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>), defeating incumbent <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> Senator <a href="/wiki/Norm_Coleman" title="Norm Coleman">Norm Coleman</a> by 312 votes out of nearly three million cast (a margin of just over 0.01%) in one of the <a href="/wiki/Closest_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="Closest elections">closest elections</a> in the history of the Senate. Though initially dismissed as a <a href="/wiki/Novelty_candidate" title="Novelty candidate">novelty candidate</a> due to his comedic background,<a href="#cite_note-2">[1]</a> Franken demonstrated political acumen and was reelected in <a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="2014 United States Senate election in Minnesota">2014</a> with 53.2% of the vote over Republican challenger <a href="/wiki/Mike_McFadden" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike McFadden">Mike McFadden</a>. Franken resigned on January 2, 2018, after allegations of sexual misconduct were made against him but has since said he regrets his decision.<a href="#cite_note-3">[2]</a> In September 2019, Franken announced he would be hosting The Al Franken Show on Saturday mornings on <a href="/wiki/SiriusXM" class="mw-redirect" title="SiriusXM">SiriusXM</a> radio. It covers global affairs, politics, and entertainment.<a href="#cite_note-4">[3]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al_Franken&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education">edit</a>]</div> Franken was born in New York City to Joseph Philip Franken (1908–1993), a printing salesman, and Phoebe Geraldine Franken (née Kunst) (1918–2003), a real estate agent. His paternal grandparents emigrated from Germany; his maternal grandfather came from <a href="/wiki/Grodno" title="Grodno">Grodno</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a>; and his maternal grandmother's parents were also from the Russian Empire. Phoebe was from <a href="/wiki/Allentown,_Pennsylvania" title="Allentown, Pennsylvania">Allentown, Pennsylvania</a>.<a href="#cite_note-5">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-6">[5]</a> Both of his parents were Jews, and Franken was raised in a <a href="/wiki/Reform_Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Reform Jewish">Reform Jewish</a> home and attended <a href="/wiki/Temple_Israel_(Minneapolis)" title="Temple Israel (Minneapolis)">Temple Israel</a> in Minneapolis.<a href="#cite_note-7">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-:0-8">[7]</a> He has an older brother, Owen (b. circa 1946), who is a photojournalist,<a href="#cite_note-9">[8]</a> and his cousin <a href="/wiki/Bob_Franken" title="Bob Franken">Bob</a> is a journalist for <a href="/wiki/MSNBC" title="MSNBC">MSNBC</a>.<a href="#cite_note-10">[9]</a> The Frankens moved to <a href="/wiki/Albert_Lea,_Minnesota" title="Albert Lea, Minnesota">Albert Lea, Minnesota</a>, when Al was four years old.<a href="#cite_note-11">[10]</a> His father opened a quilting factory, but it failed after two years. The family then moved to <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Park,_Minnesota" title="St. Louis Park, Minnesota">St. Louis Park, Minnesota</a>, a suburb of <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a>.<a href="#cite_note-The_New_Yorker-12">[11]</a> Franken graduated from <a href="/wiki/The_Blake_School_(Minneapolis,_Minnesota)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Blake School (Minneapolis, Minnesota)">The Blake School</a> in 1969, where he was a member of the wrestling team.<a href="#cite_note-13">[12]</a> Franken says that he scored 800 (out of 800) on the math section of his SATs and 662 on the verbal section.<a href="#cite_note-:0-8">[7]</a> He attended <a href="/wiki/Harvard_College" title="Harvard College">Harvard College</a>, where he majored in <a href="/wiki/Political_science" title="Political science">political science</a>, graduating <a href="/wiki/Cum_laude" class="mw-redirect" title="Cum laude">cum laude</a> with a Bachelor of Arts in 1973.<a href="#cite_note-about.com-14">[13]</a> As a student, Franken wrote comedy and idolized comedians <a href="/wiki/Dick_Gregory" title="Dick Gregory">Dick Gregory</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lenny_Bruce" title="Lenny Bruce">Lenny Bruce</a> because they did acts about hypocrisy and corruption while making the audience laugh.<a href="#cite_note-Sullivan-15">[14]</a> Franken began performing in high school, where he and his longtime friend and writing partner <a href="/wiki/Tom_Davis_(comedian)" title="Tom Davis (comedian)">Tom Davis</a> were known for their comedy.<a href="#cite_note-Davis-16">[15]</a> The duo first performed on stage at Minneapolis's <a href="/wiki/Brave_New_Workshop" title="Brave New Workshop">Brave New Workshop</a> theater specializing in <a href="/wiki/Political_satire" title="Political satire">political satire</a>.<a href="#cite_note-17">[16]</a> They soon found themselves in what was described as "a life of near-total failure on the fringes of show business in Los Angeles".<a href="#cite_note-18">[17]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Saturday_Night_Live">Saturday Night Live</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al_Franken&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Saturday Night Live">edit</a>]</div> Franken and Tom Davis were recruited as two of the original writers and occasional performers on <a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a> (SNL) (1975–1980, 1985–1995). In SNL's first season, the two apprentice writers shared a salary of $350 per week.<a href="#cite_note-Davis-16">[15]</a> Franken received 15 <a href="/wiki/Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Emmy Award">Emmy nominations</a> and five Emmy awards for his television writing and producing,<a href="#cite_note-19">[18]</a> while creating such characters as <a href="/wiki/Self-help" title="Self-help">self-help</a> guru <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Smalley" title="Stuart Smalley">Stuart Smalley</a>. Another routine proclaimed the 1980s the Al Franken Decade.<a href="#cite_note-Call_Me_Senator-20">[19]</a> Franken and Davis wrote the script of the 1986 comedy film <a href="/wiki/One_More_Saturday_Night_(film)" title="One More Saturday Night (film)">One More Saturday Night</a>, appearing in it as rock singers in a band called Bad Mouth. They also had minor roles in <a href="/wiki/All_You_Need_Is_Cash" title="All You Need Is Cash">All You Need Is Cash</a> and the film <a href="/wiki/Trading_Places" title="Trading Places">Trading Places</a>, starring <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Murphy" title="Eddie Murphy">Eddie Murphy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dan_Aykroyd" title="Dan Aykroyd">Dan Aykroyd</a>. On <a href="/wiki/Weekend_Update" title="Weekend Update">Weekend Update</a> near the end of <a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_(season_5)" class="mw-redirect" title="Saturday Night Live (season 5)">season 5</a>, Franken delivered a commentary called "<a href="/wiki/A_Limo_For_A_Lame-O" class="mw-redirect" title="A Limo For A Lame-O">A Limo for a Lame-O</a>". He mocked controversial <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> president <a href="/wiki/Fred_Silverman" title="Fred Silverman">Fred Silverman</a> as "a total unequivocal failure" and displayed a chart showing the poor ratings of NBC programs. As a result of this sketch, Silverman declined <a href="/wiki/Lorne_Michaels" title="Lorne Michaels">Lorne Michaels</a>'s recommendation for Franken to succeed him as the producer, and Franken left the show when Michaels did, at the end of the 1979–1980 season.<a href="#cite_note-21">[20]</a> Franken returned to the show in 1985 as a writer and occasional performer. He has acknowledged using <a href="/wiki/Cocaine" title="Cocaine">cocaine</a> and other illegal drugs while working in television and stated that he stopped after <a href="/wiki/John_Belushi" title="John Belushi">John Belushi</a> died of an overdose.<a href="#cite_note-22">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-23">[22]</a> In 1995, Franken left the show in protest over losing the role of <a href="/wiki/Weekend_Update" title="Weekend Update">Weekend Update</a> anchor to <a href="/wiki/Norm_Macdonald" title="Norm Macdonald">Norm Macdonald</a>.<a href="#cite_note-24">[23]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-SNL_activities">Post-SNL activities</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al_Franken&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Post-SNL activities">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Fox_v._Franken" title="Fox v. Franken">Fox v. Franken</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Al_Franken_Show" title="The Al Franken Show">The Al Franken Show</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Al_Franken_at_Ramstein_Air_Force_Base,_Dec_2000.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Al_Franken_at_Ramstein_Air_Force_Base%2C_Dec_2000.jpg/220px-Al_Franken_at_Ramstein_Air_Force_Base%2C_Dec_2000.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Al_Franken_at_Ramstein_Air_Force_Base%2C_Dec_2000.jpg/330px-Al_Franken_at_Ramstein_Air_Force_Base%2C_Dec_2000.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Al_Franken_at_Ramstein_Air_Force_Base%2C_Dec_2000.jpg/440px-Al_Franken_at_Ramstein_Air_Force_Base%2C_Dec_2000.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1312" /></a><figcaption>Franken entertaining troops at <a href="/wiki/Ramstein_Air_Base" title="Ramstein Air Base">Ramstein Air Base</a> in December 2000</figcaption></figure> In 1995, Franken wrote and starred in the film <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Saves_His_Family" title="Stuart Saves His Family">Stuart Saves His Family</a>, which was based on his SNL character Stuart Smalley. The film was a critical and commercial failure and Franken became depressed as a result.<a href="#cite_note-25">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-26">[25]</a> Despite its aggregate rating of 30% on <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a>,<a href="#cite_note-27">[26]</a> the film received favorable reviews from <a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a><a href="#cite_note-28">[27]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gene_Siskel" title="Gene Siskel">Gene Siskel</a>.<a href="#cite_note-29">[28]</a> Franken is the author of four books that made <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list" title="The New York Times Best Seller list">The New York Times Best Seller list</a>.<a href="#cite_note-30">[29]</a> His 1996 book <a href="/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh_Is_a_Big_Fat_Idiot_and_Other_Observations" title="Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations">Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations</a> topped the New York Times list; the audiobook, which was read by Franken, won a Grammy Award. Another Grammy was awarded for Franken's 2003 <a href="/wiki/Lies_and_the_Lying_Liars_Who_Tell_Them:_A_Fair_and_Balanced_Look_at_the_Right" class="mw-redirect" title="Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right">Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right</a>, a satirical book on American politics and <a href="/wiki/Conservatism_in_the_United_States" title="Conservatism in the United States">conservatism</a>.<a href="#cite_note-31">[30]</a> The book's title incorporated the <a href="/wiki/Fox_News" title="Fox News">Fox News</a> slogan "Fair and Balanced", and had a cover photo of Fox News commentator <a href="/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_(political_commentator)" title="Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)">Bill O'Reilly</a>; that August, Fox News sued claiming <a href="/wiki/Trademark_infringement" title="Trademark infringement">infringement</a> of its registered trademark phrase.<a href="#cite_note-32">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-33">[32]</a> A federal judge found the <a href="/wiki/Lawsuit" title="Lawsuit">lawsuit</a> "wholly without merit". The incident focused media attention on Franken's book and, according to him, greatly increased its sales.<a href="#cite_note-NYT-34">[33]</a><a href="#cite_note-35">[34]</a> The publicity resulting from the lawsuit propelled Franken's yet-to-be-released book to number 1 on <a href="/wiki/Amazon.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Amazon.com">Amazon.com</a>.<a href="#cite_note-36">[35]</a> Franken signed a one-year contract in early 2004 to host a talk show for <a href="/wiki/Air_America_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Air America Radio">Air America Radio</a>'s flagship program with co-host <a href="/wiki/Katherine_Lanpher" title="Katherine Lanpher">Katherine Lanpher</a>, who remained with the show until October 2005. The network was launched on March 31, 2004. Originally named The O'Franken Factor as a pun on right-wing talk show <a href="/wiki/The_O%27Reilly_Factor" title="The O'Reilly Factor">The O'Reilly Factor</a>, but later renamed <a href="/wiki/The_Al_Franken_Show" title="The Al Franken Show">The Al Franken Show</a> on July 12, 2004, the show aired three hours a day, five days a week for three years. Its stated goal was to put more progressive views on the public airwaves to counter what Franken perceived as the dominance of conservative syndicated commentary on the radio: "I'm doing this because I want to use my energies to get <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">Bush</a> unelected", he told a <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">New York Times</a> reporter in 2004.<a href="#cite_note-37">[36]</a> Franken's last radio show on Air America Radio was on February 14, 2007, at the end of which he announced his candidacy for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Departure-38">[37]</a> Franken also co-wrote the film <a href="/wiki/When_a_Man_Loves_a_Woman_(film)" title="When a Man Loves a Woman (film)">When a Man Loves a Woman</a>, co-created and starred in the <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> sitcom <a href="/wiki/LateLine" title="LateLine">LateLine</a>, and appeared in the <a href="/wiki/The_Manchurian_Candidate_(2004_film)" title="The Manchurian Candidate (2004 film)">2004 remake</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Manchurian_Candidate_(1962_film)" title="The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)">The Manchurian Candidate</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] In 2003, Franken served as a Fellow at <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Kennedy_School" title="Harvard Kennedy School">Harvard Kennedy School</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Joan_Shorenstein_Center_on_the_Press,_Politics_and_Public_Policy" class="mw-redirect" title="Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy">Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Call_Me_Senator-20">[19]</a> Since 2005 he has been a contributor to <a href="/wiki/The_Huffington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="The Huffington Post">The Huffington Post</a>.<a href="#cite_note-39">[38]</a> Franken toured <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> several times with the <a href="/wiki/United_Service_Organizations" title="United Service Organizations">United Service Organizations</a> (USO).<a href="#cite_note-40">[39]</a> On March 25, 2009, he was presented with the USO Metro Merit Award for his ten years of involvement with the organization.<a href="#cite_note-41">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-42">[41]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_activism">Political activism</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al_Franken&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Political activism">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Senator_Paul_Simon_and_comedian_Al_Franken.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Senator_Paul_Simon_and_comedian_Al_Franken.jpg/220px-Senator_Paul_Simon_and_comedian_Al_Franken.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Senator_Paul_Simon_and_comedian_Al_Franken.jpg/330px-Senator_Paul_Simon_and_comedian_Al_Franken.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Senator_Paul_Simon_and_comedian_Al_Franken.jpg/440px-Senator_Paul_Simon_and_comedian_Al_Franken.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5247" data-file-height="3564" /></a><figcaption>Franken with Senator <a href="/wiki/Paul_Simon_(politician)" title="Paul Simon (politician)">Paul Simon</a> in 1991</figcaption></figure> According to an article by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Corliss" title="Richard Corliss">Richard Corliss</a> published in <a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a> magazine, "In a way, Franken has been running for office since the late '70s." Corliss also hinted at Franken's "possibly ironic role as a relentless self-promoter" in proclaiming the 1980s "The Al Franken Decade" and saying, "Vote for me, Al Franken. You'll be glad you did!"<a href="#cite_note-Corliss-43">[42]</a> In 1999 Franken released a parody book, <a href="/wiki/Why_Not_Me%3F_(novel)" title="Why Not Me? (novel)">Why Not Me?</a>, detailing his hypothetical campaign for president in 2000. He had been a strong supporter of Minnesota Senator <a href="/wiki/Paul_Wellstone" title="Paul Wellstone">Paul Wellstone</a> and was deeply affected by Wellstone's death in a plane crash shortly before the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections,_2002" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate elections, 2002">2002 election</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:0-8">[7]</a> Wellstone was a mentor<a href="#cite_note-44">[43]</a><a href="#cite_note-45">[44]</a> and political and personal role model for Franken, who stated his hopes of following in Wellstone's footsteps.<a href="#cite_note-46">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-cnn-senator-47">[46]</a> Senator <a href="/wiki/Norm_Coleman" title="Norm Coleman">Norm Coleman</a>'s comment that he was a "99 percent improvement" over Wellstone was an impetus for Franken's run for the Senate.<a href="#cite_note-:0-8">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-48">[47]</a> Franken said he learned that 21% of Americans received most of their news from <a href="/wiki/Talk_radio" title="Talk radio">talk radio</a>, an almost exclusively conservative medium.<a href="#cite_note-Corliss-43">[42]</a> "I didn't want to sit on the sidelines, and I believed Air America could make a difference", he said.<a href="#cite_note-Corliss-43">[42]</a> In November 2003 Franken talked about moving back to his home state of Minnesota to run for the Senate. At the time the seat once held by Wellstone was occupied by Republican <a href="/wiki/Norm_Coleman" title="Norm Coleman">Norm Coleman</a>. At a 2004 Democratic presidential campaign event, Franken tackled a man who was allegedly threatening other attendees and heckling Governor <a href="/wiki/Howard_Dean" title="Howard Dean">Howard Dean</a>.<a href="#cite_note-49">[48]</a><a href="#cite_note-50">[49]</a> In 2005 Franken announced his move to Minnesota: "I can tell you honestly, I don't know if I'm going to run, but I'm doing the stuff I need to do in order to do it."<a href="#cite_note-51">[50]</a> In late 2005 he started his own <a href="/wiki/Political_action_committee" title="Political action committee">political action committee</a>, Midwest Values PAC. By early 2007 the PAC had raised more than $1 million.<a href="#cite_note-52">[51]</a><a href="#cite_note-53">[52]</a> Franken was the subject of the 2006 documentary film <a href="/wiki/Al_Franken:_God_Spoke" title="Al Franken: God Spoke">Al Franken: God Spoke</a>, which <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a> called "an investigation of the phenomenon of ideological celebrity".<a href="#cite_note-54">[53]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Al_Franken_Iraq_7.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Al_Franken_Iraq_7.jpg/170px-Al_Franken_Iraq_7.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="257" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Al_Franken_Iraq_7.jpg/255px-Al_Franken_Iraq_7.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Al_Franken_Iraq_7.jpg/340px-Al_Franken_Iraq_7.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1632" data-file-height="2464" /></a><figcaption>Franken playing <a href="/wiki/Saddam_Hussein" title="Saddam Hussein">Saddam Hussein</a> while entertaining service members in Iraq (2005)</figcaption></figure> Franken initially supported the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a>, but opposed the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War_troop_surge_of_2007" title="Iraq War troop surge of 2007">2007 troop surge</a>. In an interview with <a href="/wiki/MSNBC" title="MSNBC">MSNBC</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Joe_Scarborough" title="Joe Scarborough">Joe Scarborough</a>,<a href="#cite_note-55">[54]</a> he said that he "believed <a href="/wiki/Colin_Powell" title="Colin Powell">Colin Powell</a>", whose presentation at the United Nations convinced him that the war was necessary, but had since come to believe that "we were misled into the war" and urged the Democratic-controlled Congress to refuse to pass appropriations bills to fund the war if they did not include timetables for leaving Iraq. In an interview with <a href="/wiki/Josh_Marshall" title="Josh Marshall">Josh Marshall</a>, Franken said of the Democrats, "I think we've gotta make President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> say, 'OK, I'm cutting off funding because I won't agree to a timetable.'"<a href="#cite_note-56">[55]</a> In 2004, Franken favored transitioning to a <a href="/wiki/Universal_health_care" title="Universal health care">universal health care</a> system,<a href="#cite_note-57">[56]</a> with the provision that every child in America would receive health care coverage immediately. In 2014, he objected to efforts to privatize <a href="/wiki/Social_Security_(United_States)" title="Social Security (United States)">Social Security</a> or cut benefits, favoring raising the cap on wages to which Social Security taxes apply.<a href="#cite_note-58">[57]</a> On his 2008 campaign website, he voiced support for cutting <a href="/wiki/Subsidy" title="Subsidy">subsidies</a> for oil companies, increasing money available for college students, and cutting interest rates on <a href="/wiki/Student_loan" title="Student loan">student loans</a>.<a href="#cite_note-59">[58]</a><a href="#cite_note-60">[59]</a> During the 2008 election, New York state officials asserted that Al Franken Inc. had failed to carry required <a href="/wiki/Workers%27_compensation" title="Workers' compensation">workers' compensation</a> insurance for employees who assisted him with his comedy and public speaking from 2002 to 2005. Franken paid a $25,000 fine to the state of New York upon being advised his corporation was out of compliance with the state's workers' compensation laws.<a href="#cite_note-comp-61">[60]</a> At the same time, the <a href="/wiki/California_Franchise_Tax_Board" title="California Franchise Tax Board">California Franchise Tax Board</a> reported that the same corporation owed more than $4,743 in taxes, fines, and associated penalties in the state of California for 2003 through 2007, because the corporation did not file tax returns in the state for those years.<a href="#cite_note-round-62">[61]</a> A Franken representative said that it followed the advice of an accountant who believed when the corporation stopped doing business in California that no further filing was required.<a href="#cite_note-63">[62]</a> Franken subsequently paid $70,000 in back <a href="/wiki/Income_tax" title="Income tax">income taxes</a> in 17 states dating back to 2003, mostly from his speeches and other paid appearances. Franken said he paid the income tax in his state of residence, and he would seek retroactive credit for paying the taxes in the wrong state.<a href="#cite_note-70k-64">[63]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._Senate">U.S. Senate</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al_Franken&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: U.S. Senate">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2008_elections">2008 elections</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al_Franken&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2008 elections">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota">2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AlFranken.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/AlFranken.JPG/170px-AlFranken.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/AlFranken.JPG/255px-AlFranken.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/AlFranken.JPG/340px-AlFranken.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1562" data-file-height="2083" /></a><figcaption>Franken campaigning for the U.S. Senate in 2008</figcaption></figure> On January 29, 2007, Franken announced his departure from <a href="/wiki/Air_America_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Air America Radio">Air America Radio</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Departure-38">[37]</a> and on the day of his final show, February 14, he formally announced his candidacy for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> from <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a> in 2008.<a href="#cite_note-65">[64]</a> Challenging him for the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party</a> endorsement was <a href="/wiki/Jack_Nelson-Pallmeyer" title="Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer">Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer</a>, a professor, author, and activist; trial lawyer <a href="/wiki/Mike_Ciresi" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Ciresi">Mike Ciresi</a>; and attorney and human rights activist <a href="/wiki/Jim_Cohen" title="Jim Cohen">Jim Cohen</a>, who dropped out of the race early.<a href="#cite_note-66">[65]</a> Franken won the nomination with 65% of the vote. On July 8, 2007, Franken's campaign stated that it expected to announce that he had raised more money than his Republican opponent, <a href="/wiki/Norm_Coleman" title="Norm Coleman">Norm Coleman</a>, during the second quarter of the year, taking in $1.9 million to Coleman's $1.6 million,<a href="#cite_note-q2-67">[66]</a><a href="#cite_note-mulcahy-68">[67]</a> although in early July 2007, Coleman's $3.8 million cash on hand exceeded Franken's $2 million.<a href="#cite_note-mulcahy-68">[67]</a> In May 2008, the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota Republican Party">Minnesota Republican Party</a> released a letter about an article Franken had written for <a href="/wiki/Playboy" title="Playboy">Playboy</a> magazine in 2000 titled "Porn-O-Rama!" The letter, signed by six prominent GOP women, including a state senator and state representative, called on Franken to apologize for what they called a "demeaning and degrading" article.<a href="#cite_note-playboy-69">[68]</a> His campaign spokesman responded, "Al had a long career as a satirist. But he understands the difference between what you say as a satirist and what you do as a senator. And as a Senator, Norm Coleman has disrespected the people of Minnesota by putting the <a href="/wiki/Exxon" class="mw-redirect" title="Exxon">Exxons</a> and <a href="/wiki/Halliburton" title="Halliburton">Halliburtons</a> ahead of working families. And there's nothing funny about that."<a href="#cite_note-playboy-69">[68]</a> On June 7, 2008, Franken was endorsed by the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic-Farmer-Labor_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party">DFL</a>.<a href="#cite_note-70">[69]</a> In a July 2008 interview with <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a>, he was endorsed by <a href="/wiki/Ben_Stein" title="Ben Stein">Ben Stein</a>, an entertainer, speechwriter, lawyer and author known for his conservative views, who generally supported Republican candidates.<a href="#cite_note-BenSteins-71">[70]</a> Stein said of Franken, "He is my pal, and he is a really, really capable smart guy. I don't agree with all of his positions, but he is a very impressive guy, and I think he should be in the Senate." During his campaign, Franken was criticized for advising SNL creator <a href="/wiki/Lorne_Michaels" title="Lorne Michaels">Lorne Michaels</a> on a political sketch ridiculing Senator <a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a>'s ads attacking <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="2008 United States presidential election">2008 presidential election</a>.<a href="#cite_note-martin-72">[71]</a> Coleman's campaign reacted, saying, "Once again, he proves he's more interested in entertainment than service, and ridiculing those with whom he disagrees."<a href="#cite_note-scheck-73">[72]</a> Preliminary reports on election night, November 4, were that Coleman was leading by over 700 votes, but the official results, certified on November 18, 2008, had Coleman leading by only 215 votes. As the two candidates were separated by less than 0.5 percent of the votes cast, the Minnesota <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State of Minnesota">Secretary of State</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Ritchie_(politician)" title="Mark Ritchie (politician)">Mark Ritchie</a> authorized the automatic recount provided for in Minnesota election law. In the recount, ballots and certifying materials were examined by hand, and candidates could file challenges to the legality of ballots or materials for inclusion or exclusion. On January 5, 2009, the <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Minnesota#Minnesota_State_Canvassing_Board" title="Elections in Minnesota">Minnesota State Canvassing Board</a> certified the recounted vote totals, with Franken ahead by 225 votes.<a href="#cite_note-74">[73]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MN-_Union_Members_Attend_Franken_Rally_in_St._Paul_(2963989200).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/MN-_Union_Members_Attend_Franken_Rally_in_St._Paul_%282963989200%29.jpg/220px-MN-_Union_Members_Attend_Franken_Rally_in_St._Paul_%282963989200%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/MN-_Union_Members_Attend_Franken_Rally_in_St._Paul_%282963989200%29.jpg/330px-MN-_Union_Members_Attend_Franken_Rally_in_St._Paul_%282963989200%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/MN-_Union_Members_Attend_Franken_Rally_in_St._Paul_%282963989200%29.jpg/440px-MN-_Union_Members_Attend_Franken_Rally_in_St._Paul_%282963989200%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Franken at an election rally with <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> in October 2008</figcaption></figure> On January 6, 2009, Coleman's campaign filed an <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota,_2008#Election_contest" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2008">election contest</a> which led to a trial before a three-judge panel.<a href="#cite_note-contest-75">[74]</a> The trial ended on April 7, when the panel ruled that 351 of 387 disputed absentee ballots were incorrectly rejected and ordered them counted. Counting those ballots raised Franken's lead to 312 votes. Coleman appealed to the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Supreme_Court" title="Minnesota Supreme Court">Minnesota Supreme Court</a> on April 20.<a href="#cite_note-mn_sc_appeal-76">[75]</a><a href="#cite_note-court-77">[76]</a><a href="#cite_note-78">[77]</a> On April 24 the Minnesota Supreme Court agreed to hear the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota,_2008#Appeal_to_Minnesota_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2008">case</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Court_date-79">[78]</a><a href="#cite_note-MNSC-ruling-Apr24-80">[79]</a> Oral arguments were conducted on June 1.<a href="#cite_note-Court_date-79">[78]</a><a href="#cite_note-MSC-Docket-81">[80]</a> On June 30, 2009, the Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously rejected Coleman's appeal and said that Franken was entitled to be certified as the winner. Shortly after the court's decision, Coleman conceded.<a href="#cite_note-82">[81]</a> Governor <a href="/wiki/Tim_Pawlenty" title="Tim Pawlenty">Tim Pawlenty</a> signed Franken's election certificate that evening.<a href="#cite_note-83">[82]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2014_elections">2014 elections</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al_Franken&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2014 elections">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="2014 United States Senate election in Minnesota">2014 United States Senate election in Minnesota</a></div> Franken was reelected to a second term in 2014. He won the August 12 primary election, in which he was challenged by Sandra Henningsgard, with 94.5% of the vote.<a href="#cite_note-primaryresults-84">[83]</a> He won the general election against the Republican nominee, <a href="/wiki/Mike_McFadden" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike McFadden">Mike McFadden</a> with 53.2% of the vote.<a href="#cite_note-85">[84]</a><a href="#cite_note-86">[85]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure">Tenure</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al_Franken&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Tenure">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Joe_Biden_meets_with_Al_Franken_in_DC_5-6-09.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Joe_Biden_meets_with_Al_Franken_in_DC_5-6-09.jpg/220px-Joe_Biden_meets_with_Al_Franken_in_DC_5-6-09.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Joe_Biden_meets_with_Al_Franken_in_DC_5-6-09.jpg/330px-Joe_Biden_meets_with_Al_Franken_in_DC_5-6-09.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Joe_Biden_meets_with_Al_Franken_in_DC_5-6-09.jpg/440px-Joe_Biden_meets_with_Al_Franken_in_DC_5-6-09.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1333" /></a><figcaption>Franken meeting with Vice President <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> in May 2009</figcaption></figure> Franken was sworn into the Senate on July 7, 2009, 246 days after the election.<a href="#cite_note-NYT-Huls-2009-07-07-87">[86]</a><a href="#cite_note-First_Read-Montanaro-2009-07-07-88">[87]</a> He took the oath of office with the Bible of late Minnesota Senator <a href="/wiki/Paul_Wellstone" title="Paul Wellstone">Paul Wellstone</a>, whose old seat Senate leaders set aside for Franken.<a href="#cite_note-Stassen-Berger-89">[88]</a><a href="#cite_note-90">[89]</a> On August 6, 2009, Franken presided over the confirmation vote of <a href="/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor" title="Sonia Sotomayor">Sonia Sotomayor</a> to be an <a href="/wiki/Associate_Justice_of_the_United_States_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court">Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court</a>.<a href="#cite_note-91">[90]</a> On August 5, 2010, Franken presided over the confirmation vote of <a href="/wiki/Elena_Kagan" title="Elena Kagan">Elena Kagan</a>. His first piece of legislation, the Service Dogs for Veterans Act, which he wrote jointly with Republican Senator <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Isakson" title="Johnny Isakson">Johnny Isakson</a>, passed the Senate by <a href="/wiki/Unanimous_consent" title="Unanimous consent">unanimous consent</a>. It established a program with the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Veterans_Affairs" title="United States Department of Veterans Affairs">United States Department of Veterans Affairs</a> to pair disabled veterans with <a href="/wiki/Service_dogs" class="mw-redirect" title="Service dogs">service dogs</a>.<a href="#cite_note-92">[91]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Al_Franken_Official_Senate_Portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Al_Franken_Official_Senate_Portrait.jpg/220px-Al_Franken_Official_Senate_Portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="279" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Al_Franken_Official_Senate_Portrait.jpg/330px-Al_Franken_Official_Senate_Portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Al_Franken_Official_Senate_Portrait.jpg/440px-Al_Franken_Official_Senate_Portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1105" data-file-height="1400" /></a><figcaption>Franken during the <a href="/wiki/111th_United_States_Congress" title="111th United States Congress">111th Congress</a></figcaption></figure> A video of Franken at the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_State_Fair" title="Minnesota State Fair">Minnesota State Fair</a> on September 2, 2009, engaging in a discussion with a group of <a href="/wiki/Tea_Party_protests" title="Tea Party protests">Tea Party protesters</a> on health care reform, began circulating on the Internet and soon went <a href="/wiki/Viral_video" title="Viral video">viral</a>.<a href="#cite_note-blogs.usatoday.com-93">[92]</a><a href="#cite_note-94">[93]</a> The discussion was noted for its civility, in contrast to the explosive character of several other discussions between members of the <a href="/wiki/111th_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="111th Congress">111th Congress</a> and their constituents that had occurred over the summer.<a href="#cite_note-blogs.usatoday.com-93">[92]</a><a href="#cite_note-95">[94]</a><a href="#cite_note-96">[95]</a> During the <a href="/wiki/Health_care_reform_debate_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Health care reform debate in the United States">debate on health care reform</a>, Franken was one of the strongest supporters of a <a href="/wiki/Single-payer_health_care" class="mw-redirect" title="Single-payer health care">single-payer system</a>.<a href="#cite_note-headdown-97">[96]</a> He authored an amendment to the <a href="/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a> called the <a href="/wiki/Loss_ratio" title="Loss ratio">Medical Loss Ratio</a>, which required that insurance companies spend at least 80% of premiums on actual health care costs, and 85% for large group plans.<a href="#cite_note-98">[97]</a> On September 30, 2013, Franken voted to remove a provision that would repeal Obamacare's medical device tax from a government funding bill,<a href="#cite_note-99">[98]</a><a href="#cite_note-100">[99]</a> saying that though he supported the provision, he disagreed with its being used as a condition for preventing the <a href="/wiki/United_States_federal_government_shutdown_of_2013" class="mw-redirect" title="United States federal government shutdown of 2013">2013 federal government shutdown</a>.<a href="#cite_note-101">[100]</a> Citing the case of <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Leigh_Jones" title="Jamie Leigh Jones">Jamie Leigh Jones</a>, Franken introduced a limit to the arbitration policy of the 2010 Defense Appropriations bill that withheld defense contracts from companies that restrict their employees from taking workplace <a href="/wiki/Sexual_assault" title="Sexual assault">sexual assault</a>, battery, and discrimination cases to court. It passed the Senate in November 2010, 68 to 30, in a roll-call vote.<a href="#cite_note-102">[101]</a> <a href="#cite_note-103">[102]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2017AlFranken.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/2017AlFranken.jpg/170px-2017AlFranken.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="259" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/2017AlFranken.jpg/255px-2017AlFranken.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/2017AlFranken.jpg/340px-2017AlFranken.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2103" data-file-height="3200" /></a><figcaption>Franken in 2017</figcaption></figure> In May 2010 Franken proposed a financial-reform amendment that created a board to select which <a href="/wiki/Credit_rating_agency" title="Credit rating agency">credit rating agency</a> would evaluate a given security. At the time, any company issuing a security could select the company that evaluated the security.<a href="#cite_note-104">[103]</a> The amendment passed, but the financial industry lobbied to have it removed from the final bill.<a href="#cite_note-105">[104]</a> Negotiations between the Senate and House, whose version of financial reform did not include such a provision, resulted in the amendment's being watered down to require only a series of studies being done on the issue for two years.<a href="#cite_note-106">[105]</a> After the studies, if the <a href="/wiki/Securities_and_Exchange_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Securities and Exchange Commission">Securities and Exchange Commission</a> had not implemented another solution to the conflict-of-interest problem, Franken's solution would go into effect.<a href="#cite_note-107">[106]</a><a href="#cite_note-108">[107]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">needs update</a>] In August 2010, Franken made faces and hand gestures and rolled his eyes while Senate Minority Leader <a href="/wiki/Mitch_McConnell" title="Mitch McConnell">Mitch McConnell</a> delivered a speech in opposition to the confirmation of <a href="/wiki/Elena_Kagan" title="Elena Kagan">Elena Kagan</a> to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Supreme Court">U.S. Supreme Court</a>.<a href="#cite_note-daileda-109">[108]</a><a href="#cite_note-110">[109]</a><a href="#cite_note-snl-111">[110]</a> McConnell responded, "This isn't Saturday Night Live, Al."<a href="#cite_note-snl-111">[110]</a> After Kagan's confirmation, Franken delivered a handwritten apology to McConnell and issued a public statement saying that McConnell had a right "to give his speech with the presiding officer just listening respectfully".<a href="#cite_note-daileda-109">[108]</a> The <a href="/wiki/National_Journal" title="National Journal">National Journal</a> reported in 2013 that Franken supported the <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Agency" title="National Security Agency">National Security Agency</a>'s data mining programs, believing they had saved lives, and that "I can assure you, this is not about spying on the American people."<a href="#cite_note-112">[111]</a> In 2013, Franken received the Stewart B. McKinney Award for his work fighting homelessness.<a href="#cite_note-113">[112]</a> When Franken declared his intention to seek reelection in <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota,_2014" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2014">2014</a>,<a href="#cite_note-franken_st-114">[113]</a> his seat was thought to be a top target for the Republicans because of his very slim margin of victory in 2008. But <a href="/wiki/Politico" title="Politico">Politico</a> reported that his high approval rating, his large campaign fund, and the Republicans' struggle to find a top-tier candidate meant he was a "heavy favorite" to win reelection,<a href="#cite_note-115">[114]</a> and Franken won the race comfortably. In 2015, during <a href="/wiki/Loretta_Lynch" title="Loretta Lynch">Loretta Lynch</a>'s confirmation hearings, Franken asked her about the <a href="/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act" title="Computer Fraud and Abuse Act">Computer Fraud and Abuse Act</a>, reiterating concern for the aggressive prosecution of <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Swartz" title="Aaron Swartz">Aaron Swartz</a> in <a href="/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz" title="United States v. Swartz">United States v. Swartz</a>.<a href="#cite_note-116">[115]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a> noted in 2013 that, contrary to expectations, Franken did not seek out the media spotlight: "He rarely talks to the Washington press corps, has shed his comedic persona and focused on policy, working to be taken seriously."<a href="#cite_note-117">[116]</a> In interviews he expressed his desire to be known for a focus on constituency work, keeping his head down, and working hard.<a href="#cite_note-headdown-97">[96]</a><a href="#cite_note-118">[117]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WASHINGTON,_DC_--_JULY_25_2017_Democratic_Senators_address_a_crowd_of_supporters_at_a_rally_on_the_Capitol_steps_after_the_motion_to_proceed_vote_on_the_Trumpcare_bill._(35998609362).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/WASHINGTON%2C_DC_--_JULY_25_2017_Democratic_Senators_address_a_crowd_of_supporters_at_a_rally_on_the_Capitol_steps_after_the_motion_to_proceed_vote_on_the_Trumpcare_bill._%2835998609362%29.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/WASHINGTON%2C_DC_--_JULY_25_2017_Democratic_Senators_address_a_crowd_of_supporters_at_a_rally_on_the_Capitol_steps_after_the_motion_to_proceed_vote_on_the_Trumpcare_bill._%2835998609362%29.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/WASHINGTON%2C_DC_--_JULY_25_2017_Democratic_Senators_address_a_crowd_of_supporters_at_a_rally_on_the_Capitol_steps_after_the_motion_to_proceed_vote_on_the_Trumpcare_bill._%2835998609362%29.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5145" data-file-height="3430" /></a><figcaption>Franken in July 2017 (second from the left)</figcaption></figure> Franken was an effective fundraiser for the Democrats.<a href="#cite_note-startribune_2017-11-27-119">[118]</a><a href="#cite_note-minnpost_2017-11-17-120">[119]</a><a href="#cite_note-politico_2015-11-03-121">[120]</a> By late 2015, his political action committee had raised more than $5 million in donations.<a href="#cite_note-politico_2015-11-03-121">[120]</a> In 2016, his PAC raised $3.3 million.<a href="#cite_note-minnpost_2017-11-17-120">[119]</a><a href="#cite_note-122">[121]</a> According to <a href="/wiki/The_Star_Tribune" class="mw-redirect" title="The Star Tribune">The Star Tribune</a>, Franken was able to "draw crowds and donations across the country".<a href="#cite_note-startribune_2017-11-27-119">[118]</a> Franken condemned the <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%93present_Rohingya_genocide_in_Myanmar" class="mw-redirect" title="2017–present Rohingya genocide in Myanmar">genocide</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Rohingya_people" title="Rohingya people">Rohingya Muslim</a> minority in <a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Myanmar</a> and called for a stronger response to the crisis.<a href="#cite_note-123">[122]</a> In September 2016, in advance of <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_2334" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334">UN Security Council resolution 2334</a> condemning <a href="/wiki/Israeli_settlement" title="Israeli settlement">Israeli settlements</a> in the occupied <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_territories" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian territories">Palestinian territories</a>, Franken signed an <a href="/wiki/AIPAC" title="AIPAC">AIPAC</a>-sponsored letter urging Obama to veto "one-sided" resolutions against Israel.<a href="#cite_note-124">[123]</a> Franken supported an <a href="/wiki/Israel_Anti-Boycott_Act" title="Israel Anti-Boycott Act">Anti-Boycott Act</a>, which would make it legal for U.S. states to refuse to do business with contractors that engage in boycotts against Israel.<a href="#cite_note-125">[124]</a> In July 2017 Franken voted in favor of the <a href="/wiki/Countering_America%27s_Adversaries_Through_Sanctions_Act" title="Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act">Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act</a> that placed <a href="/wiki/United_States_sanctions_against_Iran" title="United States sanctions against Iran">sanctions on Iran</a>, Russia, and <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a>.<a href="#cite_note-126">[125]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sexual_misconduct_allegations">Sexual misconduct allegations</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al_Franken&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Sexual misconduct allegations">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_United_States_political_sexual_scandals" title="2017–18 United States political sexual scandals">2017–18 United States political sexual scandals</a></div> On November 16, 2017, radio broadcaster and model <a href="/wiki/Leeann_Tweeden" title="Leeann Tweeden">Leeann Tweeden</a> alleged in a blog post and an interview with her radio station, <a href="/wiki/790_KABC" class="mw-redirect" title="790 KABC">790 KABC</a>, that Franken kissed her on a 2006 <a href="/wiki/USO" class="mw-redirect" title="USO">USO</a> tour during a rehearsal for a skit. She wrote, "I said 'OK' so he would stop badgering me. We did the line leading up to the kiss and then he came at me, put his hand on the back of my head, mashed his lips against mine and aggressively stuck his tongue in my mouth."<a href="#cite_note-Tweeden16Nov2017-127">[126]</a> She said she pushed him away, feeling "disgusted and violated".<a href="#cite_note-Tweeden16Nov2017-127">[126]</a> <a href="/wiki/Roger_Stone" title="Roger Stone">Roger Stone</a> circulated news of the allegations to right-wing media.<a href="#cite_note-Franken-128">[127]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Al_Franken_and_Leeann_Tweeden.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a8/Al_Franken_and_Leeann_Tweeden.jpg/220px-Al_Franken_and_Leeann_Tweeden.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a8/Al_Franken_and_Leeann_Tweeden.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="325" data-file-height="216" /></a><figcaption>Franken holding his hands above <a href="/wiki/Leeann_Tweeden" title="Leeann Tweeden">Leeann Tweeden</a>'s breasts in 2006</figcaption></figure> During the 2006 tour, Franken was photographed holding his hands above Tweeden's breasts while she was asleep wearing <a href="/wiki/Interceptor_Body_Armor" class="mw-redirect" title="Interceptor Body Armor">body armor</a> and a helmet.<a href="#cite_note-wapo_groped-129">[128]</a><a href="#cite_note-130">[129]</a> In Franken's defense, CNBC's <a href="/wiki/John_Harwood_(journalist)" title="John Harwood (journalist)">John Harwood</a> said, "That pic was obviously a joke, not groping, just like LeeAnn Tweeden wrapping her leg around Robin Williams and smacking his butt; entertainment for soldiers deployed overseas is raunchy like that."<a href="#cite_note-131">[130]</a><a href="#cite_note-nytimes_groped-132">[131]</a> Harwood was referring to video taken of Tweeden "humping" the married Williams on a similar 2004 USO tour.<a href="#cite_note-133">[132]</a> In response, Franken said, "I certainly don't remember the rehearsal for the skit in the same way, but I send my sincerest apologies to Leeann ... As to the photo, it was clearly intended to be funny but wasn't. I shouldn't have done it."<a href="#cite_note-variety_groped-134">[133]</a> A few hours later, Franken issued a longer apology,<a href="#cite_note-CNN20171116-135">[134]</a> which Tweeden accepted.<a href="#cite_note-136">[135]</a> In the days that followed, seven additional women came forward with allegations of inappropriate behavior during photo ops. Lindsay Menz accused Franken of touching her clothed "upper" buttocks while they posed for a photo at the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_State_Fair" title="Minnesota State Fair">Minnesota State Fair</a> in 2010.<a href="#cite_note-137">[136]</a><a href="#cite_note-138">[137]</a> Two anonymous women made similar complaints related to events during political events.<a href="#cite_note-139">[138]</a> Franken apologized, saying, "I've met tens of thousands of people and taken thousands of photographs, often in crowded and chaotic situations. I'm a warm person; I hug people. I've learned from recent stories that in some of those encounters, I crossed a line for some women—and I know that any number is too many."<a href="#cite_note-140">[139]</a> Another anonymous woman said that after she was a guest on Franken's radio show in 2006, Franken leaned in toward her face during a handshake and gave her "a wet, open-mouthed kiss" on the cheek when she turned her face aside.<a href="#cite_note-141">[140]</a><a href="#cite_note-142">[141]</a> The same day, Stephanie Kemplin, an army veteran, told CNN that Franken held the side of her breast for 5 to 10 seconds "and never moved his hand" while posing for a photograph<a href="#cite_note-143">[142]</a> with her during a 2003 USO tour in Iraq.<a href="#cite_note-144">[143]</a> Senate Majority Leader <a href="/wiki/Mitch_McConnell" title="Mitch McConnell">Mitch McConnell</a> and Minority Leader <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Schumer" title="Chuck Schumer">Chuck Schumer</a> sent Tweeden's accusations to the <a href="/wiki/Senate_Ethics_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate Ethics Committee">Senate Ethics Committee</a> for review, a decision supported by members of both parties, including Franken.<a href="#cite_note-nytimes_groped-132">[131]</a> On November 30 the committee announced that it was investigating allegations against him.<a href="#cite_note-145">[144]</a><a href="#cite_note-146">[145]</a> Some liberal groups and commentators, including the <a href="/wiki/Indivisible_movement" title="Indivisible movement">Indivisible movement</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sally_Kohn" title="Sally Kohn">Sally Kohn</a>, called on Franken to resign.<a href="#cite_note-147">[146]</a> On December 6, two more accusations surfaced, one by an anonymous congressional aide about an attempted kiss at his radio show studio,<a href="#cite_note-politico-staffer-148">[147]</a> and one by congressional aide Tina Dupuy that Franken squeezed her waist at a party before he took office.<a href="#cite_note-politico-dupuy-149">[148]</a> More than two dozen Democratic senators, led by New York Senator <a href="/wiki/Kirsten_Gillibrand" title="Kirsten Gillibrand">Kirsten Gillibrand</a>, called on Franken to resign before the ethics committee could review the allegations.<a href="#cite_note-POLITICO_December_6,_2017-150">[149]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Resignation">Resignation</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al_Franken&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Resignation">edit</a>]</div> Although Franken had asked to be allowed to appear before the Senate Ethics Committee to give his side of the story, on December 6 Senate Minority Leader <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Schumer" title="Chuck Schumer">Chuck Schumer</a> told him he had to announce his resignation by five o’clock or he could be censured and stripped of committee assignments. On December 7, Franken announced his intention to resign his Senate seat.<a href="#cite_note-151">[150]</a> He called some of the accusations "simply not true" and said he remembered others "very differently".<a href="#cite_note-152">[151]</a> In his resignation speech he made comparisons to Republican politicians, saying he was "aware of the irony" that President Trump remained in office despite the comments Trump made in the <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape" title="Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape">Access Hollywood tape</a> released a month before his election, and that the Republican Party supported <a href="/wiki/Roy_Moore" title="Roy Moore">Roy Moore</a>'s <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Alabama,_2017" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in Alabama, 2017">Senate campaign</a> despite the many allegations of harassment and molestation against Moore.<a href="#cite_note-153">[152]</a> Franken resigned on January 2, 2018, and Minnesota governor <a href="/wiki/Mark_Dayton" title="Mark Dayton">Mark Dayton</a> appointed the lieutenant governor, <a href="/wiki/Tina_Smith" title="Tina Smith">Tina Smith</a>, to Franken's seat until <a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Minnesota" title="2018 United States Senate special election in Minnesota">a November 2018 special election</a>, which Smith won.<a href="#cite_note-strib-franken-resigns-154">[153]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al_Franken&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Aftermath">edit</a>]</div> After resigning from the Senate, Franken canceled appointments with close friends and ignored phone calls from others. "It got pretty dark, I became clinically depressed. I wasn't a hundred percent cognitively. I needed medication", he said.<a href="#cite_note-Mayer-155">[154]</a> Reporting in 2019 by New Yorker journalist <a href="/wiki/Jane_Mayer" title="Jane Mayer">Jane Mayer</a> documented substantial inaccuracies in Tweeden's allegations.<a href="#cite_note-Mayer-155">[154]</a> Seven former or current senators who called for Franken's resignation in 2017 told Mayer they regretted doing so. <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Leahy" title="Patrick Leahy">Patrick Leahy</a> said calling for Franken's resignation without having all the facts was "one of the biggest mistakes I've made" as a senator. New Mexico senator <a href="/wiki/Tom_Udall" title="Tom Udall">Tom Udall</a> said, "I made a mistake. I started having second thoughts shortly after he stepped down. He had the right to be heard by an independent investigative body. I've heard from people around my state, and around the country, saying that they think he got railroaded. It doesn't seem fair. I'm a lawyer. I really believe in due process." Former Senate Majority Leader <a href="/wiki/Harry_Reid" title="Harry Reid">Harry Reid</a> said, "It's terrible what happened to him. It was unfair. It took the legs out from under him. He was a very fine senator."<a href="#cite_note-Mayer-155">[154]</a> Accusations that the forced resignation was unfair were described as a liability to Gillibrand's presidential campaign in mid-2019.<a href="#cite_note-156">[155]</a> In a 2018 Politico article, Franken supporters accused Gillibrand of doing damage that Republicans could not have done, given Franken's effectiveness in the Senate. Prominent Democratic fundraiser Susie Tompkins Buell said that the episode "stained [Gillibrand's] reputation as a fair player. I do hear people refer to Kirsten Gillibrand as 'opportunistic' and shrewd at the expense of others to advance herself, and it seems to have been demonstrated in her rapid treatment of her colleague Al Franken. I heard her referred to as 'She would eat her own,' and she seems to have demonstrated that. I know [Gillibrand] thought she was doing the right thing, but I think she will be remembered by this rush to judgment. I have heard [that] some of her women colleagues regret joining her."<a href="#cite_note-157">[156]</a> In 2019, Franken said that he was sorry that he made some women feel uncomfortable, and that while he was still trying to understand what he did wrong, he felt that differentiating dissimilar kinds of behavior is important. "The idea that anybody who accuses someone of something is always right—that's not the case. That isn't reality," he said.<a href="#cite_note-Mayer-155">[154]</a> In September 2019, a ninth accuser told <a href="/wiki/New_York_(magazine)" title="New York (magazine)">New York</a> magazine that in 2006 Franken touched her buttock in a photo line at an event for <a href="/wiki/Patty_Murray" title="Patty Murray">Patty Murray</a>. The unnamed woman, described as a "former staffer who served on Democratic campaigns and works at a large progressive organization", said she had not come forward because she feared it would be held against her in her career.<a href="#cite_note-ny-accuser-nine-158">[157]</a> In response, Franken told New York, "Two years ago, I would have sworn that I'd never done anything to make anyone feel uncomfortable, but it's clear that I must have been doing something. As I've said before, I feel terrible that anyone came away from an interaction with me feeling bad."<a href="#cite_note-thecut-accuser9-franken-response-159">[158]</a> In a February 9, 2022, interview with Washington Post Live, Franken said he regretted resigning from the Senate and might run for public office again.<a href="#cite_note-Schnell-160">[159]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Committee_assignments">Committee assignments</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al_Franken&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Committee assignments">edit</a>]</div> In the Senate, Franken served on the following committees: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Energy_and_Natural_Resources" title="United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources">Committee on Energy and Natural Resources</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Energy_Subcommittee_on_Energy" title="United States Senate Energy Subcommittee on Energy">Subcommittee on Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Energy_Subcommittee_on_Public_Lands,_Forests_and_Mining" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Energy Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining">Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Energy_Subcommittee_on_Water_and_Power" title="United States Senate Energy Subcommittee on Water and Power">Subcommittee on Water and Power</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Health,_Education,_Labor,_and_Pensions" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions">Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Health_Subcommittee_on_Children_and_Families" title="United States Senate Health Subcommittee on Children and Families">Subcommittee on Children and Families</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Health_Subcommittee_on_Employment_and_Workplace_Safety" title="United States Senate Health Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety">Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety</a> (Ranking Member)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Indian_Affairs" title="United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs">Committee on Indian Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary" title="United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary">Committee on the Judiciary</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Judiciary_Subcommittee_on_Administrative_Oversight_and_the_Courts" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts">Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Judiciary_Subcommittee_on_Antitrust,_Competition_Policy_and_Consumer_Rights" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights">Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Judiciary_Subcommittee_on_the_Constitution,_Civil_Rights_and_Human_Rights" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights">Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Judiciary_Subcommittee_on_Privacy,_Technology_and_the_Law" title="United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law">Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law</a> (Ranking Member)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-Senate_career">Post-Senate career</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al_Franken&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Post-Senate career">edit</a>]</div> After his resignation, Franken went into a period of self-imposed isolation and, in May 2019, started The Al Franken Podcast. Around the same time, Franken went on tour with a non-comedic show that he did from a podium and with notes. The <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a> put the show on hold, but when clubs reopened, he made unannounced shows at the <a href="/wiki/Comedy_Cellar" title="Comedy Cellar">Comedy Cellar</a> in Manhattan.<a href="#cite_note-:0-8">[7]</a> In the fall of 2021, his first post-quarantine theater show took place in <a href="/wiki/Northampton,_Massachusetts" title="Northampton, Massachusetts">Northampton, Massachusetts</a>, in front of a friendly audience. The solo show, called The Only Former US Senator Currently on Tour Tour, continued into 2022.<a href="#cite_note-Sullivan-15">[14]</a> In March 2023, Franken guest-hosted <a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Show" title="The Daily Show">The Daily Show</a> after <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Noah" title="Trevor Noah">Trevor Noah</a>'s departure. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al_Franken&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Personal life">edit</a>]</div> Franken met his wife, Franni Bryson, during his first year at Harvard. In 2005 they moved to <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis, Minnesota</a>.<a href="#cite_note-161">[160]</a> They have a daughter, a son, and four grandchildren.<a href="#cite_note-Mayer-155">[154]</a> Their daughter, Thomasin,<a href="#cite_note-The_New_Yorker-12">[11]</a> has degrees from <a href="/wiki/Harvard" class="mw-redirect" title="Harvard">Harvard</a> and the <a href="/wiki/International_Culinary_Center" title="International Culinary Center">French Culinary Institute</a>; as of 2011 she is the director of extended learning at DC Prep, an organization in Washington, D.C., that manages <a href="/wiki/Charter_schools_in_the_United_States" title="Charter schools in the United States">charter schools</a>.<a href="#cite_note-thomasinfrankenbio-162">[161]</a> Their son, Joseph, works in the finance industry.<a href="#cite_note-The_New_Yorker-12">[11]</a> Franken is a second cousin of the actor <a href="/wiki/Steve_Franken" title="Steve Franken">Steve Franken</a>, known for his appearances in the television series <a href="/wiki/The_Many_Loves_of_Dobie_Gillis" title="The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis">The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis</a>.<a href="#cite_note-163">[162]</a> Franken has said that he "very strongly" identifies "as a Jew — as a pretty secular Jew". He has also said he believes in God.<a href="#cite_note-:0-8">[7]</a> In the summer of 2021, Franken moved back to New York City, settling on the <a href="/wiki/Upper_West_Side" title="Upper West Side">Upper West Side</a> of Manhattan.<a href="#cite_note-Schnell-160">[159]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al_Franken&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Bibliography">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=I%27m_Good_Enough,_I%27m_Smart_Enough,_and_Doggone_It,_People_Like_Me!:_Daily_Affirmations_By_Stuart_Smalley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!: Daily Affirmations By Stuart Smalley (page does not exist)">I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!: Daily Affirmations By Stuart Smalley</a> (Random House Publishing Group, 1992) <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780440504702" title="Special:BookSources/9780440504702">9780440504702</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh_Is_a_Big_Fat_Idiot_and_Other_Observations" title="Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations">Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations</a> (Delacorte Press, 1996) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-385-31474-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-385-31474-4">0-385-31474-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Why_Not_Me%3F_(novel)" title="Why Not Me? (novel)">Why Not Me?: The Inside Story of the Making and Unmaking of the Franken Presidency</a> (Delacorte Press, 1999) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-385-31809-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-385-31809-X">0-385-31809-X</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oh,_the_Things_I_Know!" class="mw-redirect" title="Oh, the Things I Know!">Oh, the Things I Know!</a>: A Guide to Success, or Failing That, Happiness (Plume Books, 2003) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-452-28450-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-452-28450-3">0-452-28450-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lies_and_the_Lying_Liars_Who_Tell_Them" title="Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them">Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them</a>: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right (Dutton Books, 2003) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-525-94764-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-525-94764-7">0-525-94764-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Truth_(With_Jokes)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Truth (With Jokes)">The Truth (With Jokes)</a> (Dutton Books, 2005) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-525-94906-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-525-94906-2">0-525-94906-2</a></li> <li>Al Franken, Giant of the Senate (Grand Central Publishing, 2017) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1455540412" title="Special:BookSources/1455540412">1455540412</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al_Franken&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Filmography">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"> <th>Year </th> <th>Work </th> <th>Writer </th> <th>Actor </th> <th>Cameo </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1976 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tunnel_Vision_(1976_film)" title="Tunnel Vision (1976 film)">Tunnel Vision</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td>Role: Al </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977–1980 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977 </td> <td>The Paul Simon Special </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_You_Need_is_Cash" class="mw-redirect" title="All You Need is Cash">All You Need is Cash</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td>Role: Extra </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grateful_Dead:_Dead_Ahead" title="Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead">Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td>Concert video Role: Host </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981 </td> <td>Steve Martin's Best Show Ever </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981 </td> <td>Bob and Ray, Jane, Laraine and Gilda </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Coneheads" class="mw-redirect" title="The Coneheads">The Coneheads</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Trading_Places" title="Trading Places">Trading Places</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td>Role: Baggage handler </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984 </td> <td>Franken and Davis at Stockton State </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_New_Show" title="The New Show">The New Show</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td>Saturday Night Live </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/One_More_Saturday_Night_(film)" title="One More Saturday Night (film)">One More Saturday Night</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td>Role: Paul Flum </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988–1995 </td> <td>Saturday Night Live </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coneheads_(film)" title="Coneheads (film)">Coneheads</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/When_a_Man_Loves_a_Woman_(film)" title="When a Man Loves a Woman (film)">When a Man Loves a Woman</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Saves_His_Family" title="Stuart Saves His Family">Stuart Saves His Family</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td>Role: Stuart Smalley </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/3rd_Rock_from_the_Sun" title="3rd Rock from the Sun">3rd Rock from the Sun</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td>Episode: "Dick the Vote" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Larry_Sanders_Show" title="The Larry Sanders Show">The Larry Sanders Show</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Episode: "The Roast" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998–1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LateLine" title="LateLine">LateLine</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/From_the_Earth_to_the_Moon_(miniseries)" title="From the Earth to the Moon (miniseries)">From the Earth to the Moon</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td>TV miniseries Role: <a href="/wiki/Jerome_Wiesner" title="Jerome Wiesner">Jerome Wiesner</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harvard_Man" title="Harvard Man">Harvard Man</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Outfoxed" title="Outfoxed">Outfoxed</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td>Role: Air America host </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Manchurian_Candidate_(2004_film)" title="The Manchurian Candidate (2004 film)">The Manchurian Candidate</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004–2007 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Al_Franken_Show" title="The Al Franken Show">The Al Franken Show</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td>Host of radio talk show </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tanner_on_Tanner" title="Tanner on Tanner">Tanner on Tanner</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Al_Franken:_God_Spoke" title="Al Franken: God Spoke">Al Franken: God Spoke</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Documentary </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hot_Coffee_(film)" title="Hot Coffee (film)">Hot Coffee</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Documentary </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_Strange_Trip" title="Long Strange Trip">Long Strange Trip</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Documentary, as himself </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020 </td> <td>The Al Franken Podcast </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td>Podcast, as himself </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Kimmel_Live!" title="Jimmy Kimmel Live!">Jimmy Kimmel Live!</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Guest host </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Show" title="The Daily Show">The Daily Show</a><a href="#cite_note-164">[163]</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Guest host </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al_Franken&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Electoral history">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2008">2008</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al_Franken&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: 2008">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable" style="; margin-right:1em;"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota">2008 Minnesota U.S. Senate election</a><a href="#cite_note-165">[164]</a><a href="#cite_note-MNSOS-166">[165]</a><a href="#cite_note-167">[166]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5">Primary election </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0055AA;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </td> <td class="fn">Al Franken </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em">164,136 </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em">65.34 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0055AA;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Priscilla_Lord&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Priscilla Lord (page does not exist)">Priscilla Lord</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">74,655 </td> <td style="text-align:right">29.72 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0055AA;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </td> <td class="fn">Dick Franson </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,923 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.56 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0055AA;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </td> <td class="fn">Bob Larson </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,152 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.25 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0055AA;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </td> <td class="fn">Rob Fitzgerald </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,095 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.23 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0055AA;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ole Savior </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,227 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.49 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0055AA;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </td> <td class="fn">Alve Erickson </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,017 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.40 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;">251,205 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">100% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5">General election </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0055AA;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </td> <td class="fn">Al Franken </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em">1,212,629 </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em">41.994 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Norm_Coleman" title="Norm Coleman">Norm Coleman</a> (incumbent) </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,212,317 </td> <td style="text-align:right">41.983 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFC14E;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independence_Party_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Independence Party of Minnesota">Independence</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dean_Barkley" title="Dean Barkley">Dean Barkley</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">437,505 </td> <td style="text-align:right">15.151 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Aldrich_(Libertarian)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Aldrich (Libertarian)">Charles Aldrich</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">13,923 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.482 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#A356DE;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_Party_(United_States)" title="Constitution Party (United States)">Constitution</a> </td> <td class="fn">James Niemackl </td> <td style="text-align:right">8,907 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.308 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,365 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.082 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Margin of victory </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">312 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.011 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;">2,887,646 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">100% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0055AA;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> gain from <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2014">2014</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al_Franken&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: 2014">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable" style="; margin-right:1em;"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="2014 United States Senate election in Minnesota">2014 Minnesota U.S. Senate election</a><a href="#cite_note-168">[167]</a><a href="#cite_note-169">[168]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5">Primary election </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0055AA;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </td> <td class="fn">Al Franken </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em">182,720 </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em">94.50 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0055AA;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </td> <td class="fn">Sandra Henningsgard </td> <td style="text-align:right">10,627 </td> <td style="text-align:right">5.50 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;">193,347 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">100% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5">General election </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0055AA;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </td> <td class="fn">Al Franken (incumbent) </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em">1,053,205 </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em">53.15 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mike_McFadden" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike McFadden">Mike McFadden</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">850,227 </td> <td style="text-align:right">42.91 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFC14E;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independence_Party_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Independence Party of Minnesota">Independence</a> </td> <td class="fn">Steve Carlson </td> <td style="text-align:right">47,530 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.40 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Heather Johnson </td> <td style="text-align:right">29,685 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.50 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">881 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.04 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Margin of victory </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">202,978 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.24 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;">1,981,528 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">100% </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#0055AA"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> hold </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_sister_projects" title="Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects">sister projects</a></div> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><ul><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/20px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/40px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/category:Al_Franken" class="extiw" title="c:category:Al Franken">Media</a> from Commons</li><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/23px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="27" class="mw-file-element" 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180106013805/https://www.franken.senate.gov/">Franken's previous U.S. Senate website</a> as archived by the Wayback Machine on January 6, 2018</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000457">Biography</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/S8MN00438">Financial information (federal office)</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Election_Commission" title="Federal Election Commission">Federal Election Commission</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/al-franken/1969">Legislation sponsored</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/108924">Profile</a> at <a href="/wiki/Vote_Smart" title="Vote Smart">Vote Smart</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.c-span.org/person/?23334">Appearances</a> on <a href="/wiki/C-SPAN" title="C-SPAN">C-SPAN</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0291253/">Al Franken</a> at <a href="/wiki/IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #8FBC8F;">Media offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Andrew Smith</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="2"> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Saturday_Night_Live_writers" title="List of Saturday Night Live writers">Head Writer of Saturday Night Live</a> 1985–1986 Served alongside: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Davis_(comedian)" title="Tom Davis (comedian)">Tom Davis</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="2">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Downey_(comedian)" title="Jim Downey (comedian)">Jim Downey</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Tischler" title="Bob Tischler">Bob Tischler</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Mondale" title="Walter Mondale">Walter Mondale</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">U.S. Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a> (<a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators" class="mw-redirect" title="Classes of United States Senators">Class 2</a>) <a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota">2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="2014 United States Senate election in Minnesota">2014</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Tina_Smith" title="Tina Smith">Tina Smith</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> 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Stein</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lily_Tomlin" title="Lily Tomlin">Lily Tomlin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jane_Wagner" title="Jane Wagner">Jane Wagner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rod_Warren" title="Rod Warren">Rod Warren</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_Yanok" title="George Yanok">George Yanok</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Beatty" title="Roger Beatty">Roger Beatty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gary_Belkin" title="Gary Belkin">Gary Belkin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dick_Clair" title="Dick Clair">Dick Clair</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rudy_De_Luca" title="Rudy De Luca">Rudy De Luca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arnie_Kogen" title="Arnie Kogen">Arnie Kogen</a>, Barry Harman, <a href="/wiki/Barry_Levinson" title="Barry Levinson">Barry Levinson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jenna_McMahon" title="Jenna McMahon">Jenna McMahon</a>, Gene Perret, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Richmond_(writer)" title="Bill Richmond (writer)">Bill Richmond</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ed_Simmons_(screenwriter)" title="Ed Simmons (screenwriter)">Ed Simmons</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Beatty" title="Roger Beatty">Roger Beatty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gary_Belkin" title="Gary Belkin">Gary Belkin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dick_Clair" title="Dick Clair">Dick Clair</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rudy_De_Luca" title="Rudy De Luca">Rudy De Luca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arnie_Kogen" title="Arnie Kogen">Arnie Kogen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barry_Levinson" title="Barry Levinson">Barry Levinson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jenna_McMahon" title="Jenna McMahon">Jenna McMahon</a>, Gene Perret, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Richmond_(writer)" title="Bill Richmond (writer)">Bill Richmond</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ed_Simmons_(screenwriter)" title="Ed Simmons (screenwriter)">Ed Simmons</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Beatts" title="Anne Beatts">Anne Beatts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chevy_Chase" title="Chevy Chase">Chevy Chase</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Davis_(comedian)" title="Tom Davis (comedian)">Tom Davis</a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Al Franken</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lorne_Michaels" title="Lorne Michaels">Lorne Michaels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Suzanne_Miller" title="Marilyn Suzanne Miller">Marilyn Suzanne Miller</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_O%27Donoghue" title="Michael O'Donoghue">Michael O'Donoghue</a>, <a href="/wiki/Herb_Sargent" title="Herb Sargent">Herb Sargent</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Schiller" title="Tom Schiller">Tom Schiller</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rosie_Shuster" title="Rosie Shuster">Rosie Shuster</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alan_Zweibel" title="Alan Zweibel">Alan Zweibel</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Aykroyd" title="Dan Aykroyd">Dan Aykroyd</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Belushi" title="John Belushi">John Belushi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Davis_(comedian)" title="Tom Davis (comedian)">Tom Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Downey_(comedian)" title="Jim Downey (comedian)">James Downey</a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Al Franken</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lorne_Michaels" title="Lorne Michaels">Lorne Michaels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Suzanne_Miller" title="Marilyn Suzanne Miller">Marilyn Suzanne Miller</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Murray" title="Bill Murray">Bill Murray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_O%27Donoghue" title="Michael O'Donoghue">Michael O'Donoghue</a>, <a href="/wiki/Herb_Sargent" title="Herb Sargent">Herb Sargent</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Schiller" title="Tom Schiller">Tom Schiller</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rosie_Shuster" title="Rosie Shuster">Rosie Shuster</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alan_Zweibel" title="Alan Zweibel">Alan Zweibel</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Beatty" title="Roger Beatty">Roger Beatty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dick_Clair" title="Dick Clair">Dick Clair</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tim_Conway" title="Tim Conway">Tim Conway</a>, Rick Hawkins, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Illes" title="Robert Illes">Robert Illes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jenna_McMahon" title="Jenna McMahon">Jenna McMahon</a>, Gene Perret, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Richmond_(writer)" title="Bill Richmond (writer)">Bill Richmond</a>, Liz Sage, <a href="/wiki/Larry_Siegel" title="Larry Siegel">Larry Siegel</a>, Franelle Silver, <a href="/wiki/Ed_Simmons_(screenwriter)" title="Ed Simmons (screenwriter)">Ed Simmons</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_R._Stein" title="James R. 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href="/wiki/John_Candy" title="John Candy">John Candy</a>, Chris Cluess, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dolman" title="Bob Dolman">Bob Dolman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Flaherty" title="Joe Flaherty">Joe Flaherty</a>, Paul Flaherty, Stuart Kreisman, <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Levy" title="Eugene Levy">Eugene Levy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andrea_Martin" title="Andrea Martin">Andrea Martin</a>, John McAndrew, <a href="/wiki/Brian_McConnachie" title="Brian McConnachie">Brian McConnachie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rick_Moranis" title="Rick Moranis">Rick Moranis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Catherine_O%27Hara" title="Catherine O'Hara">Catherine O'Hara</a>, Mert Rich, Michael Short, Doug Steckler and <a href="/wiki/Dave_Thomas_(actor)" title="Dave Thomas (actor)">Dave Thomas</a> (1982)</li> <li>Dick Blasucci, <a href="/wiki/John_Candy" title="John Candy">John Candy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dolman" title="Bob Dolman">Bob Dolman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Flaherty" title="Joe Flaherty">Joe Flaherty</a>, Paul Flaherty, <a 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href="/wiki/Kevin_Curran_(writer)" title="Kevin Curran (writer)">Kevin Curran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Elliott" title="Chris Elliott">Chris Elliott</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sanford_Jay_Frank" title="Sanford Jay Frank">Sandy Frank</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Gorodetsky" title="Eddie Gorodetsky">Eddie Gorodetsky</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fred_Graver" title="Fred Graver">Fred Graver</a>, Larry Jacobson, <a href="/wiki/David_Letterman" title="David Letterman">David Letterman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Merrill_Markoe" title="Merrill Markoe">Merrill Markoe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Martin_(writer)" title="Jeff Martin (writer)">Jeff Martin</a>, Gerard Mulligan, Joe Toplyn and Matt Wickline (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Cohen" title="Randy Cohen">Randy Cohen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Curran_(writer)" title="Kevin Curran (writer)">Kevin Curran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Elliott" title="Chris Elliott">Chris Elliott</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sanford_Jay_Frank" title="Sanford Jay Frank">Sandy Frank</a>, <a 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Martin</a>, Gerard Mulligan, <a href="/wiki/Steve_O%27Donnell_(writer)" title="Steve O'Donnell (writer)">Steve O'Donnell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adam_Resnick" title="Adam Resnick">Adam Resnick</a>, Joe Toplyn and Matt Wickline (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Mason" title="Jackie Mason">Jackie Mason</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bowman_(screenwriter)" title="John Bowman (screenwriter)">John Bowman</a>, <a href="/wiki/A._Whitney_Brown" title="A. Whitney Brown">A. Whitney Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greg_Daniels" title="Greg Daniels">Greg Daniels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Davis_(comedian)" title="Tom Davis (comedian)">Tom Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Downey_(comedian)" title="Jim Downey (comedian)">James Downey</a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Al Franken</a>, Shannon Gaughan, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Handey" title="Jack Handey">Jack Handey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Hartman" title="Phil Hartman">Phil Hartman</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Meyer" title="George Meyer">George Meyer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lorne_Michaels" title="Lorne Michaels">Lorne Michaels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Myers" title="Mike Myers">Mike Myers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Conan_O%27Brien" title="Conan O'Brien">Conan O'Brien</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Odenkirk" title="Bob Odenkirk">Bob Odenkirk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Herb_Sargent" title="Herb Sargent">Herb Sargent</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Schiller" title="Tom Schiller">Tom Schiller</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Smigel" title="Robert Smigel">Robert Smigel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_and_Terry_Turner" title="Bonnie and Terry Turner">Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christine_Zander" title="Christine Zander">Christine Zander</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background: #F9EFAA;color:inherit;;box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 0 #F9EFAA;"><div><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:EmmyAward_ComedyVarietyMusicWriting" title="Template:EmmyAward ComedyVarietyMusicWriting">Complete list</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:EmmyAward_ComedyVarietyMusicWriting_1960s" title="Template:EmmyAward ComedyVarietyMusicWriting 1960s">(1957–1969)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:EmmyAward_ComedyVarietyMusicWriting_1970s" title="Template:EmmyAward ComedyVarietyMusicWriting 1970s">(1970–1979)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:EmmyAward_ComedyVarietyMusicWriting_1980s" title="Template:EmmyAward ComedyVarietyMusicWriting 1980s">(1980–1989)</a></li> <li><a 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Bailey">Anne Howard Bailey</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Bologna" title="Joseph Bologna">Joseph Bologna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e_Taylor" title="Renée Taylor">Renée Taylor</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosalyn_Drexler" title="Rosalyn Drexler">Rosalyn Drexler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ann_Elder" title="Ann Elder">Ann Elder</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karyl_Geld_Miller" title="Karyl Geld Miller">Karyl Geld Miller</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Illes" title="Robert Illes">Robert Illes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lorne_Michaels" title="Lorne Michaels">Lorne Michaels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor">Richard Pryor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Rusk" title="Jim Rusk">Jim Rusk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Herb_Sargent" title="Herb Sargent">Herb Sargent</a>, James R. Stein, <a href="/wiki/Lily_Tomlin" title="Lily Tomlin">Lily Tomlin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jane_Wagner" title="Jane Wagner">Jane Wagner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rod_Warren" title="Rod Warren">Rod Warren</a>, and <a href="/wiki/George_Yanok" title="George Yanok">George Yanok</a> (1974)</li> <li>John Bradford, <a href="/wiki/Cy_Coleman" title="Cy Coleman">Cy Coleman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wells_(songwriter)" title="Robert Wells (songwriter)">Robert Wells</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Elder" title="Ann Elder">Ann Elder</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Guest" title="Christopher Guest">Christopher Guest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lorne_Michaels" title="Lorne Michaels">Lorne Michaels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Earl_Pomerantz" title="Earl Pomerantz">Earl Pomerantz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Rusk" title="Jim Rusk">Jim Rusk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lily_Tomlin" title="Lily Tomlin">Lily Tomlin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jane_Wagner" title="Jane Wagner">Jane Wagner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rod_Warren" title="Rod Warren">Rod Warren</a>, and <a href="/wiki/George_Yanok" title="George Yanok">George Yanok</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buz_Kohan" title="Buz Kohan">Buz Kohan</a> and Ted Strauss (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chevy_Chase" title="Chevy Chase">Chevy Chase</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Davis_(comedian)" title="Tom Davis (comedian)">Tom Davis</a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Al Franken</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Grodin" title="Charles Grodin">Charles Grodin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lorne_Michaels" title="Lorne Michaels">Lorne Michaels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Simon" title="Paul Simon">Paul Simon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lily_Tomlin" title="Lily Tomlin">Lily Tomlin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Alan_Zweibel" title="Alan Zweibel">Alan Zweibel</a> (1978)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2009–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Rock" title="Chris Rock">Chris Rock</a> (2009)</li> <li>Dave Boone and Paul Greenberg (2010)</li> <li>Dave Boone, Matt Roberts, and <a href="/wiki/Mo_Rocca" title="Mo Rocca">Mo Rocca</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_C.K." title="Louis C.K.">Louis C.K.</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_C.K." title="Louis C.K.">Louis C.K.</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Silverman" title="Sarah Silverman">Sarah Silverman</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_C.K." title="Louis C.K.">Louis C.K.</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patton_Oswalt" title="Patton Oswalt">Patton Oswalt</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samantha_Bee" title="Samantha Bee">Samantha Bee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ashley_Nicole_Black" title="Ashley Nicole Black">Ashley Nicole Black</a>, Pat Cassels, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Drysdale" title="Eric Drysdale">Eric Drysdale</a>, Mathan Erhardt, <a href="/wiki/Travon_Free" title="Travon Free">Travon Free</a>, Joe Grossman, Miles Kahn, <a href="/wiki/Jo_Miller" title="Jo Miller">Jo Miller</a>, and Melinda Taub (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mulaney" title="John Mulaney">John Mulaney</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hannah_Gadsby" title="Hannah Gadsby">Hannah Gadsby</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Chappelle" title="Dave Chappelle">Dave Chappelle</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo_Burnham" title="Bo Burnham">Bo Burnham</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerrod_Carmichael" title="Jerrod Carmichael">Jerrod Carmichael</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mulaney" title="John Mulaney">John Mulaney</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Edelman" title="Alex Edelman">Alex Edelman</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background: #F9EFAA;"><div>Between 1979–2008, writing specials competed alongside <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Writing_for_a_Variety_Series" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series">Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series</a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Evelyn_F._Burkey_Award56" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #DCC09B"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Evelyn_F._Burkey_Award" title="Template:Evelyn F. 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Lurie (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athol_Fugard" title="Athol Fugard">Athol Fugard</a> & <a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Richards" title="Lloyd Richards">Lloyd Richards</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Newman" title="Edwin Newman">Edwin Newman</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Rooney" title="Andy Rooney">Andy Rooney</a>, Local 1101 & District 1 of the <a href="/wiki/Communications_Workers_of_America" title="Communications Workers of America">Communications Workers of America</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horton_Foote" title="Horton Foote">Horton Foote</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DCC09B;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Art_Buchwald" title="Art Buchwald">Art Buchwald</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Schaefer_(director)" title="George Schaefer (director)">George Schaefer</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Babbin" title="Jacqueline Babbin">Jacqueline Babbin</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Miller" title="Arthur Miller">Arthur Miller</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Ganz_Cooney" title="Joan Ganz Cooney">Joan Ganz Cooney</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Potter" title="Dennis Potter">Dennis Potter</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Saro-Wiwa" title="Ken Saro-Wiwa">Ken Saro-Wiwa</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Lumet" title="Sidney Lumet">Sidney Lumet</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judy_Crichton" title="Judy Crichton">Judy Crichton</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Brown_(producer)" title="David Brown (producer)">David Brown</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DCC09B;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/V%C3%A1clav_Havel" title="Václav Havel">Václav Havel</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Fontana" title="Tom Fontana">Tom Fontana</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Callender" title="Colin Callender">Colin Callender</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Scorsese" title="Martin Scorsese">Martin Scorsese</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claire_Labine" title="Claire Labine">Claire Labine</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paley_Center_for_Media" title="Paley Center for Media">Museum of Television and Radio</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Didion" title="Joan Didion">Joan Didion</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Bernstein" title="Walter Bernstein">Walter Bernstein</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committee_to_Protect_Journalists" title="Committee to Protect Journalists">Committee to Protect Journalists</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DCC09B;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Albee" title="Edward Albee">Edward Albee</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Interviews:_An_Oral_History_of_Television" title="The Interviews: An Oral History of Television">Archive of American Television</a> (2011)</li> <li>Not Presented (2012)</li> <li>Not Presented (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Schamus" title="James Schamus">James Schamus</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Lear" title="Norman Lear">Norman Lear</a> (2015)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Al Franken</a> (2016)</li> <li>Not Presented (2017)</li> <li>Not Presented (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Leonard" title="Franklin Leonard">Franklin Leonard</a> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DCC09B;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Not Presented (2020)</li> <li>Not Presented (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Cavett" title="Dick Cavett">Dick Cavett</a> (2022)</li> <li>Not Presented (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Grammy_Award_for_Best_Comedy_Album78" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#cedff2;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Chipmunk_Song_(Christmas_Don%27t_Be_Late)" title="The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)">The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Ross_Bagdasarian" title="Ross Bagdasarian">Ross Bagdasarian Sr.</a> (1958)</li> <li>The Battle of Kookamonga – <a href="/wiki/Homer_and_Jethro" title="Homer and Jethro">Homer and Jethro</a> / Inside Shelley Berman – <a href="/wiki/Shelley_Berman" title="Shelley Berman">Shelley Berman</a> (1959)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_and_Darlene_Edwards_in_Paris" title="Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris">Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jo_Stafford" title="Jo Stafford">Jo Stafford</a> & <a href="/wiki/Paul_Weston" title="Paul Weston">Paul Weston</a> / <a href="/wiki/The_Button-Down_Mind_Strikes_Back!" title="The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!">The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Newhart" title="Bob Newhart">Bob Newhart</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/An_Evening_with_Mike_Nichols_and_Elaine_May" title="An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May">An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May</a> – <a href="/wiki/Elaine_May" title="Elaine May">Elaine May</a> & <a href="/wiki/Mike_Nichols" title="Mike Nichols">Mike Nichols</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_First_Family_(album)" title="The First Family (album)">The First Family</a> – <a href="/wiki/Vaughn_Meader" title="Vaughn Meader">Vaughn Meader</a> (1962)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hello_Muddah,_Hello_Fadduh_(A_Letter_from_Camp)" title="Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)">Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Allan_Sherman" title="Allan Sherman">Allan Sherman</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/I_Started_Out_as_a_Child" title="I Started Out as a Child">I Started Out as a Child</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Why_Is_There_Air%3F" title="Why Is There Air?">Why Is There Air?</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wonderfulness" title="Wonderfulness">Wonderfulness</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenge_(Bill_Cosby_album)" title="Revenge (Bill Cosby album)">Revenge</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/To_Russell,_My_Brother,_Whom_I_Slept_With" title="To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With">To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_(Bill_Cosby_album)" title="Sports (Bill Cosby album)">Sports</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Devil_Made_Me_Buy_This_Dress" title="The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress">The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress</a> – <a href="/wiki/Flip_Wilson" title="Flip Wilson">Flip Wilson</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/This_Is_a_Recording_(Lily_Tomlin_album)" title="This Is a Recording (Lily Tomlin album)">This Is A Recording</a> – <a href="/wiki/Lily_Tomlin" title="Lily Tomlin">Lily Tomlin</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FM_%26_AM" title="FM & AM">FM & AM</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Carlin" title="George Carlin">George Carlin</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Cochinos" title="Los Cochinos">Los Cochinos</a> – <a href="/wiki/Cheech_%26_Chong" title="Cheech & Chong">Cheech & Chong</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/That_Nigger%27s_Crazy" title="That Nigger's Crazy">That Nigger's Crazy</a> – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor">Richard Pryor</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/...Is_It_Something_I_Said%3F" title="...Is It Something I Said?">...Is It Something I Said?</a> – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor">Richard Pryor</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bicentennial_Nigger" title="Bicentennial Nigger">Bicentennial Nigger</a> – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor">Richard Pryor</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Get_Small" title="Let's Get Small">Let's Get Small</a> – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Martin" title="Steve Martin">Steve Martin</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Wild_and_Crazy_Guy" title="A Wild and Crazy Guy">A Wild and Crazy Guy</a> – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Martin" title="Steve Martin">Steve Martin</a> (1978)</li> <li>Reality...What a Concept – <a href="/wiki/Robin_Williams" title="Robin Williams">Robin Williams</a> (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>No Respect – <a href="/wiki/Rodney_Dangerfield" title="Rodney Dangerfield">Rodney Dangerfield</a> (1980)</li> <li>Rev. Du Rite – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor">Richard Pryor</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor:_Live_on_the_Sunset_Strip" title="Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip">Live on the Sunset Strip</a> – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor">Richard Pryor</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Murphy:_Comedian" title="Eddie Murphy: Comedian">Eddie Murphy: Comedian</a> – <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Murphy" title="Eddie Murphy">Eddie Murphy</a> (1983)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Eat_It" title="Eat It">Eat It</a>" – <a href="/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic">"Weird Al" Yankovic</a> (1984)</li> <li>Whoopi Goldberg (Original Broadway Show Recording) – <a href="/wiki/Whoopi_Goldberg" title="Whoopi Goldberg">Whoopi Goldberg</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Those_of_You_with_or_Without_Children,_You%27ll_Understand" title="Those of You with or Without Children, You'll Understand">Those of You with or Without Children, You'll Understand</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Night_at_the_Met" title="A Night at the Met">A Night at the Met</a> – <a href="/wiki/Robin_Williams" title="Robin Williams">Robin Williams</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Good_Morning,_Vietnam" title="Good Morning, Vietnam">Good Morning, Vietnam</a> – <a href="/wiki/Robin_Williams" title="Robin Williams">Robin Williams</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._D._Q._Bach" title="P. D. Q. Bach">P.D.Q. Bach</a>: <a href="/wiki/1712_Overture_and_Other_Musical_Assaults" title="1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults">1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults</a> – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Schickele" title="Peter Schickele">Peter Schickele</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/P._D._Q._Bach" title="P. D. Q. Bach">P.D.Q. Bach</a>: <a href="/wiki/Oedipus_Tex_and_Other_Choral_Calamities" class="mw-redirect" title="Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities">Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities</a> – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Schickele" title="Peter Schickele">Peter Schickele</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._D._Q._Bach" title="P. D. Q. Bach">P.D.Q. Bach</a>: <a href="/wiki/WTWP_Classical_Talkity-Talk_Radio" title="WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio">WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio</a> – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Schickele" title="Peter Schickele">Peter Schickele</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._D._Q._Bach" title="P. D. Q. Bach">P.D.Q. Bach</a>: <a href="/wiki/Music_for_an_Awful_Lot_of_Winds_and_Percussion" title="Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion">Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion</a> – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Schickele" title="Peter Schickele">Peter Schickele</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammin%27_in_New_York" title="Jammin' in New York">Jammin' in New York</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Carlin" title="George Carlin">George Carlin</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live_from_Hell" title="Live from Hell">Live from Hell</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sam_Kinison" title="Sam Kinison">Sam Kinison</a> (1994)</li> <li>Crank(y) Calls – <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Winters" title="Jonathan Winters">Jonathan Winters</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh_Is_a_Big_Fat_Idiot_and_Other_Observations" title="Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations">Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations</a> – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Al Franken</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roll_with_the_New" title="Roll with the New">Roll with the New</a> – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Rock" title="Chris Rock">Chris Rock</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Year_Old_Man" title="2000 Year Old Man">The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mel_Brooks" title="Mel Brooks">Mel Brooks</a> & <a href="/wiki/Carl_Reiner" title="Carl Reiner">Carl Reiner</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bigger_%26_Blacker" title="Bigger & Blacker">Bigger & Blacker</a> – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Rock" title="Chris Rock">Chris Rock</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brain_Droppings" title="Brain Droppings">Brain Droppings</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Carlin" title="George Carlin">George Carlin</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Napalm_and_Silly_Putty" title="Napalm and Silly Putty">Napalm & Silly Putty</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Carlin" title="George Carlin">George Carlin</a> (2001)</li> <li>Robin Williams: Live on Broadway – <a href="/wiki/Robin_Williams" title="Robin Williams">Robin Williams</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poodle_Hat" title="Poodle Hat">Poodle Hat</a> – <a href="/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic">"Weird Al" Yankovic</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/America_(The_Book)" title="America (The Book)">The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents ... America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jon_Stewart" title="Jon Stewart">Jon Stewart</a> and the cast of <a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Show" title="The Daily Show">The Daily Show</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Never_Scared" title="Never Scared">Never Scared</a> – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Rock" title="Chris Rock">Chris Rock</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Carnegie_Hall_Performance" title="The Carnegie Hall Performance">The Carnegie Hall Performance</a> – <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Black" title="Lewis Black">Lewis Black</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Distant_Future" title="The Distant Future">The Distant Future</a> – <a href="/wiki/Flight_of_the_Conchords" title="Flight of the Conchords">Flight of the Conchords</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/It%27s_Bad_for_Ya" title="It's Bad for Ya">It's Bad for Ya</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Carlin" title="George Carlin">George Carlin</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Colbert_Christmas:_The_Greatest_Gift_of_All!" title="A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!">A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!</a> – <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Colbert" title="Stephen Colbert">Stephen Colbert</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stark_Raving_Black" title="Stark Raving Black">Stark Raving Black</a> – <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Black" title="Lewis Black">Lewis Black</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilarious_(film)" title="Hilarious (film)">Hilarious</a> – <a href="/wiki/Louis_C.K." title="Louis C.K.">Louis C.K.</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blow_Your_Pants_Off" title="Blow Your Pants Off">Blow Your Pants Off</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Fallon" title="Jimmy Fallon">Jimmy Fallon</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calm_Down_Gurrl" title="Calm Down Gurrl">Calm Down Gurrl</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kathy_Griffin" title="Kathy Griffin">Kathy Griffin</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Fun" title="Mandatory Fun">Mandatory Fun</a> – <a href="/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic">"Weird Al" Yankovic</a> (2014)</li> <li>Live at Madison Square Garden – <a href="/wiki/Louis_C.K." title="Louis C.K.">Louis C.K.</a> (2015)</li> <li>Talking for Clapping – <a href="/wiki/Patton_Oswalt" title="Patton Oswalt">Patton Oswalt</a> (2016)</li> <li>The Age of Spin & Deep in the Heart of Texas – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Chappelle" title="Dave Chappelle">Dave Chappelle</a> (2017)</li> <li>Equanimity & The Bird Revelation – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Chappelle" title="Dave Chappelle">Dave Chappelle</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sticks_%26_Stones_(2019_film)" title="Sticks & Stones (2019 film)">Sticks and Stones</a> – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Chappelle" title="Dave Chappelle">Dave Chappelle</a> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Black Mitzvah – <a href="/wiki/Tiffany_Haddish" title="Tiffany Haddish">Tiffany Haddish</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sincerely_Louis_CK" title="Sincerely Louis CK">Sincerely Louis CK</a> – <a href="/wiki/Louis_C.K." title="Louis C.K.">Louis C.K.</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Closer_(2021_film)" title="The Closer (2021 film)">The Closer</a> – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Chappelle" title="Dave Chappelle">Dave Chappelle</a> (2022)</li> <li>What's In a Name? – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Chappelle" title="Dave Chappelle">Dave Chappelle</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Dreamer_(2023_film)" title="The Dreamer (2023 film)">The Dreamer</a> – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Chappelle" title="Dave Chappelle">Dave Chappelle</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Grammy_Award_for_Best_Audio_Book,_Narration_&amp;_Storytelling_Recording112" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#cedff2;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Grammy_Award_for_Best_Spoken_Word_Album" title="Template:Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Grammy_Award_for_Best_Spoken_Word_Album" title="Template talk:Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Grammy_Award_for_Best_Spoken_Word_Album" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Grammy_Award_for_Best_Audio_Book,_Narration_&amp;_Storytelling_Recording112" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Audio_Book,_Narration_%26_Storytelling_Recording" title="Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording">Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>The Best of the Stan Freberg Shows – <a href="/wiki/Stan_Freberg" title="Stan Freberg">Stan Freberg</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Portrait" title="Lincoln Portrait">Lincoln Portrait</a> – <a href="/wiki/Carl_Sandburg" title="Carl Sandburg">Carl Sandburg</a> (1959)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>FDR Speaks – Robert Bialek (producer) (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein_Discusses_Humor_in_Music_and_Conducts_Till_Eulenspiegel%27s_Merry_Pranks" title="Leonard Bernstein Discusses Humor in Music and Conducts Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks">Humor in Music</a> – <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein" title="Leonard Bernstein">Leonard Bernstein</a> (1961)</li> <li>The Story-Teller: A Session with Charles Laughton – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Laughton" title="Charles Laughton">Charles Laughton</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Who%27s_Afraid_of_Virginia_Woolf%3F" title="Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?">Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</a> – <a href="/wiki/Edward_Albee" title="Edward Albee">Edward Albee</a> (playwright) (1963)</li> <li>BBC Tribute to John F. Kennedy – <a href="/wiki/That_Was_the_Week_That_Was" title="That Was the Week That Was">That Was the Week That Was</a> (1964)</li> <li>John F. Kennedy: As We Remember Him – <a href="/wiki/Goddard_Lieberson" title="Goddard Lieberson">Goddard Lieberson</a> (producer) (1965)</li> <li>Edward R. Murrow - A Reporter Remembers, Vol. I: The War Years – <a href="/wiki/Edward_R._Murrow" title="Edward R. Murrow">Edward R. Murrow</a> (1966)</li> <li>Gallant Men – <a href="/wiki/Everett_Dirksen" title="Everett Dirksen">Everett Dirksen</a> (1967)</li> <li>Lonesome Cities – <a href="/wiki/Rod_McKuen" title="Rod McKuen">Rod McKuen</a> (1968)</li> <li>We Love You Call Collect – <a href="/wiki/Art_Linkletter" title="Art Linkletter">Art Linkletter</a> & <a href="/wiki/Diane_Linkletter" title="Diane Linkletter">Diane Linkletter</a> (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam – <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Martin Luther King Jr.">Martin Luther King Jr.</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desiderata_(Les_Crane_album)" title="Desiderata (Les Crane album)">Desiderata</a> – <a href="/wiki/Les_Crane" title="Les Crane">Les Crane</a> (1971)</li> <li>Lenny – <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Botnick" title="Bruce Botnick">Bruce Botnick</a> (producer) & the Original Broadway Cast (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Livingston_Seagull" title="Jonathan Livingston Seagull">Jonathan Livingston Seagull</a> – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Harris" title="Richard Harris">Richard Harris</a> (1973)</li> <li>Good Evening – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Cook" title="Peter Cook">Peter Cook</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Moore" title="Dudley Moore">Dudley Moore</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Give_%27em_Hell,_Harry!" title="Give 'em Hell, Harry!">Give 'em Hell, Harry!</a> – <a href="/wiki/James_Whitmore" title="James Whitmore">James Whitmore</a> (1975)</li> <li>Great American Documents – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Fonda" title="Henry Fonda">Henry Fonda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Helen_Hayes" title="Helen Hayes">Helen Hayes</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones">James Earl Jones</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Belle_of_Amherst" title="The Belle of Amherst">The Belle of Amherst</a> – <a href="/wiki/Julie_Harris" title="Julie Harris">Julie Harris</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Citizen_Kane" title="Citizen Kane">Citizen Kane (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)</a> – <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a> (1978)</li> <li>Ages of Man: Readings from Shakespeare – <a href="/wiki/John_Gielgud" title="John Gielgud">John Gielgud</a> (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gertrude_Stein" title="Gertrude Stein">Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pat_Carroll" title="Pat Carroll">Pat Carroll</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donovan%27s_Brain" title="Donovan's Brain">Donovan's Brain</a> – <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark" title="Raiders of the Lost Ark">Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Movie on Record</a> – Tom Voegeli (producer) and Various Artists (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Portrait" title="Lincoln Portrait">Lincoln Portrait</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Warfield" title="William Warfield">William Warfield</a> (1983)</li> <li>The Words of Gandhi – <a href="/wiki/Ben_Kingsley" title="Ben Kingsley">Ben Kingsley</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ma_Rainey%27s_Black_Bottom" title="Ma Rainey's Black Bottom">Ma Rainey's Black Bottom</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Berniker" title="Mike Berniker">Mike Berniker</a> (producer) & the Original Broadway Cast (1985)</li> <li>Interviews from the Class of '55 Recording Sessions – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis" title="Jerry Lee Lewis">Jerry Lee Lewis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chips_Moman" title="Chips Moman">Chips Moman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson">Ricky Nelson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roy_Orbison" title="Roy Orbison">Roy Orbison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carl_Perkins" title="Carl Perkins">Carl Perkins</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sam_Phillips" title="Sam Phillips">Sam Phillips</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Wobegon_Days" title="Lake Wobegon Days">Lake Wobegon Days</a> – <a href="/wiki/Garrison_Keillor" title="Garrison Keillor">Garrison Keillor</a> (1987)</li> <li>Speech by Rev. Jesse Jackson – <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Jackson" title="Jesse Jackson">Jesse Jackson</a> (1988)</li> <li>It's Always Something – <a href="/wiki/Gilda_Radner" title="Gilda Radner">Gilda Radner</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gracie:_A_Love_Story" title="Gracie: A Love Story">Gracie: A Love Story</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Burns" title="George Burns">George Burns</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Civil_War_(miniseries)" title="The Civil War (miniseries)">The Civil War</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Burns" title="Ken Burns">Ken Burns</a> (1991)</li> <li>What You Can Do to Avoid AIDS – <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Earvin "Magic" Johnson</a> and Robert O'Keefe (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/On_the_Pulse_of_Morning" title="On the Pulse of Morning">On the Pulse of Morning</a> – <a href="/wiki/Maya_Angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Get_in_the_Van" title="Get in the Van">Get in the Van</a> – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Rollins" title="Henry Rollins">Henry Rollins</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phenomenal_Woman:_Four_Poems_Celebrating_Women" title="Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women">Phenomenal Woman</a> – <a href="/wiki/Maya_Angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/It_Takes_a_Village" title="It Takes a Village">It Takes a Village</a> – <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> (1996)</li> <li>Charles Kuralt's Spring – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Kuralt" title="Charles Kuralt">Charles Kuralt</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Still_Me" title="Still Me">Still Me</a> – <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Reeve" title="Christopher Reeve">Christopher Reeve</a> (1998)</li> <li>The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr. – <a href="/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton">LeVar Burton</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Measure_of_a_Man:_A_Spiritual_Autobiography" title="The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography">The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Poitier" title="Sidney Poitier">Sidney Poitier</a>, Rick Harris, and John Runnette (producers) (2000)</li> <li>Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones – <a href="/wiki/Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a>, Jeffrey S. Thomas, Steven Strassman (engineers), and Elisa Shokoff (producer) (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Song_Flung_Up_to_Heaven" title="A Song Flung Up to Heaven">A Song Flung Up to Heaven</a> – <a href="/wiki/Maya_Angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</a> and Charles B. Potter (producer) (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lies_and_the_Lying_Liars_Who_Tell_Them" title="Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them">Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them</a> – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Al Franken</a> and Paul Ruben (producer) (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/My_Life_(Clinton_autobiography)" title="My Life (Clinton autobiography)">My Life</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dreams_from_My_Father" title="Dreams from My Father">Dreams from My Father</a> – <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Endangered_Values" title="Our Endangered Values">Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> / With Ossie and Ruby – <a href="/wiki/Ossie_Davis" title="Ossie Davis">Ossie Davis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ruby_Dee" title="Ruby Dee">Ruby Dee</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Audacity_of_Hope" title="The Audacity of Hope">The Audacity of Hope</a> – <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> and Jacob Bronstein (producer) (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/An_Inconvenient_Truth_(book)" title="An Inconvenient Truth (book)">An Inconvenient Truth</a> by <a href="/wiki/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">Al Gore</a> – <a href="/wiki/Beau_Bridges" title="Beau Bridges">Beau Bridges</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cynthia_Nixon" title="Cynthia Nixon">Cynthia Nixon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Blair_Underwood" title="Blair Underwood">Blair Underwood</a> (2008)</li> <li>Always Looking Up – <a href="/wiki/Michael_J._Fox" title="Michael J. Fox">Michael J. Fox</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Earth_(The_Book)" title="Earth (The Book)">The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook)</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jon_Stewart" title="Jon Stewart">Jon Stewart</a> (2010)</li> <li>If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't) – <a href="/wiki/Betty_White" title="Betty White">Betty White</a> (2011)</li> <li>Society's Child – <a href="/wiki/Janis_Ian" title="Janis Ian">Janis Ian</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/America_Again" title="America Again">America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't</a> – <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Colbert" title="Stephen Colbert">Stephen Colbert</a> (2013)</li> <li>Diary of a Mad Diva – <a href="/wiki/Joan_Rivers" title="Joan Rivers">Joan Rivers</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Full_Life:_Reflections_at_90" class="mw-redirect" title="A Full Life: Reflections at 90">A Full Life: Reflections at 90</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> (2015)</li> <li>In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox – <a href="/wiki/Carol_Burnett" title="Carol Burnett">Carol Burnett</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Princess_Diarist" title="The Princess Diarist">The Princess Diarist</a> – <a href="/wiki/Carrie_Fisher" title="Carrie Fisher">Carrie Fisher</a> (2017)</li> <li>Faith: A Journey for All – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Becoming_(book)" title="Becoming (book)">Becoming</a> – <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama">Michelle Obama</a> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blowout_(book)" title="Blowout (book)">Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth</a> – <a href="/wiki/Rachel_Maddow" title="Rachel Maddow">Rachel Maddow</a> (2020)</li> <li>Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation from John Lewis − <a href="/wiki/Don_Cheadle" title="Don Cheadle">Don Cheadle</a> (2021)</li> <li>Finding Me – <a href="/wiki/Viola_Davis" title="Viola Davis">Viola Davis</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Light_We_Carry" title="The Light We Carry">The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times</a> – <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama">Michelle Obama</a> (2023)</li> <li>Last Sunday in Plains: A Centennial Celebration – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="United_States_senators_from_Minnesota101" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:United_States_senators_from_Minnesota" title="Template:United States senators from Minnesota"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:United_States_senators_from_Minnesota" title="Template talk:United States senators from Minnesota"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:United_States_senators_from_Minnesota" title="Special:EditPage/Template:United States senators from Minnesota"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="United_States_senators_from_Minnesota101" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Minnesota" title="List of United States senators from Minnesota">United States senators from Minnesota</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Class 1</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Henry_M._Rice" title="Henry M. 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Humphrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Durenberger" title="David Durenberger">Durenberger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Grams" title="Rod Grams">Grams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Dayton" title="Mark Dayton">Dayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amy_Klobuchar" title="Amy Klobuchar">Klobuchar</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Seal of the United States Senate"><img alt="Seal of the United States Senate" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/120px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/160px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /></a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Class 2</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Shields_(politician,_born_1806)" title="James Shields (politician, born 1806)">Shields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morton_S._Wilkinson" title="Morton S. Wilkinson">Wilkinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Sheldon_Norton" title="Daniel Sheldon Norton">Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Windom_(politician)" title="William Windom (politician)">Windom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ozora_P._Stearns" title="Ozora P. Stearns">Stearns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Windom_(politician)" title="William Windom (politician)">Windom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alonzo_J._Edgerton" title="Alonzo J. Edgerton">Edgerton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Windom_(politician)" title="William Windom (politician)">Windom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_M._Sabin" title="Dwight M. Sabin">Sabin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_D._Washburn" title="William D. Washburn">Washburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knute_Nelson" title="Knute Nelson">K. Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnus_Johnson" title="Magnus Johnson">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_D._Schall" title="Thomas D. Schall">Schall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmer_A._Benson" title="Elmer A. Benson">Benson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_V._Howard" title="Guy V. Howard">Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Lundeen" title="Ernest Lundeen">Lundeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_H._Ball" title="Joseph H. Ball">Ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_E._Nelson" title="Arthur E. Nelson">A. Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_H._Ball" title="Joseph H. Ball">Ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubert_Humphrey" title="Hubert Humphrey">H. Humphrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Mondale" title="Walter Mondale">Mondale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wendell_R._Anderson" title="Wendell R. Anderson">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Boschwitz" title="Rudy Boschwitz">Boschwitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Wellstone" title="Paul Wellstone">Wellstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Barkley" title="Dean Barkley">Barkley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norm_Coleman" title="Norm Coleman">Coleman</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Franken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tina_Smith" title="Tina Smith">Smith</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Minnesota&#039;s_delegation(s)_to_the_111th–115th_United_States_Congresses_(ordered_by_seniority)199" style="display:table;;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:USCongRep-start" title="Template:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:USCongRep-start" title="Template talk:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:USCongRep-start" title="Special:EditPage/Template:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Minnesota&#039;s_delegation(s)_to_the_111th–115th_United_States_Congresses_(ordered_by_seniority)199" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a>'s delegation(s) to the 111th–115th <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congresses</a> (ordered by seniority)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-width:0;"><div style="padding:0"> <table style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><a href="/wiki/111th_United_States_Congress" title="111th United States Congress">111th</a> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Minnesota" title="List of United States senators from Minnesota">Senate</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li>▌<a href="/wiki/Amy_Klobuchar" title="Amy Klobuchar">A. Klobuchar</a> (DFL)</li> <li>▌<a class="mw-selflink selflink">A. Franken</a> (DFL)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Minnesota" title="List of United States representatives from Minnesota">House</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li>▌<a href="/wiki/Jim_Oberstar" title="Jim Oberstar">J. Oberstar</a> (DFL)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Collin_Peterson" title="Collin Peterson">C. Peterson</a> (DFL)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Betty_McCollum" title="Betty McCollum">B. McCollum</a> (DFL)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/John_Kline_(politician)" title="John Kline (politician)">J. Kline</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Michele_Bachmann" title="Michele Bachmann">M. Bachmann</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Keith_Ellison" title="Keith Ellison">K. Ellison</a> (DFL)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Tim_Walz" title="Tim Walz">T. Walz</a> (DFL)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Erik_Paulsen" title="Erik Paulsen">E. Paulsen</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><a href="/wiki/112th_United_States_Congress" title="112th United States Congress">112th</a> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Minnesota" title="List of United States senators from Minnesota">Senate</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li>▌<a href="/wiki/Amy_Klobuchar" title="Amy Klobuchar">A. Klobuchar</a> (DFL)</li> <li>▌<a class="mw-selflink selflink">A. Franken</a> (DFL)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Minnesota" title="List of United States representatives from Minnesota">House</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li>▌<a href="/wiki/Collin_Peterson" title="Collin Peterson">C. Peterson</a> (DFL)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Betty_McCollum" title="Betty McCollum">B. McCollum</a> (DFL)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/John_Kline_(politician)" title="John Kline (politician)">J. Kline</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Michele_Bachmann" title="Michele Bachmann">M. Bachmann</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Keith_Ellison" title="Keith Ellison">K. Ellison</a> (DFL)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Tim_Walz" title="Tim Walz">T. Walz</a> (DFL)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Erik_Paulsen" title="Erik Paulsen">E. Paulsen</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Chip_Cravaack" title="Chip Cravaack">C. Cravaack</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><a href="/wiki/113th_United_States_Congress" title="113th United States Congress">113th</a> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Minnesota" title="List of United States senators from Minnesota">Senate</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li>▌<a href="/wiki/Amy_Klobuchar" title="Amy Klobuchar">A. Klobuchar</a> (DFL)</li> <li>▌<a class="mw-selflink selflink">A. Franken</a> (DFL)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Minnesota" title="List of United States representatives from Minnesota">House</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li>▌<a href="/wiki/Collin_Peterson" title="Collin Peterson">C. Peterson</a> (DFL)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Betty_McCollum" title="Betty McCollum">B. McCollum</a> (DFL)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/John_Kline_(politician)" title="John Kline (politician)">J. Kline</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Michele_Bachmann" title="Michele Bachmann">M. Bachmann</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Keith_Ellison" title="Keith Ellison">K. Ellison</a> (DFL)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Tim_Walz" title="Tim Walz">T. Walz</a> (DFL)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Rick_Nolan" title="Rick Nolan">R. Nolan</a> (DFL)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Erik_Paulsen" title="Erik Paulsen">E. Paulsen</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><a href="/wiki/114th_United_States_Congress" title="114th United States Congress">114th</a> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Minnesota" title="List of United States senators from Minnesota">Senate</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li>▌<a href="/wiki/Amy_Klobuchar" title="Amy Klobuchar">A. Klobuchar</a> (DFL)</li> <li>▌<a class="mw-selflink selflink">A. Franken</a> (DFL)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Minnesota" title="List of United States representatives from Minnesota">House</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li>▌<a href="/wiki/Collin_Peterson" title="Collin Peterson">C. Peterson</a> (DFL)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Betty_McCollum" title="Betty McCollum">B. McCollum</a> (DFL)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/John_Kline_(politician)" title="John Kline (politician)">J. Kline</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Keith_Ellison" title="Keith Ellison">K. Ellison</a> (DFL)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Tim_Walz" title="Tim Walz">T. Walz</a> (DFL)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Rick_Nolan" title="Rick Nolan">R. Nolan</a> (DFL)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Erik_Paulsen" title="Erik Paulsen">E. Paulsen</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Tom_Emmer" title="Tom Emmer">T. Emmer</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><a href="/wiki/115th_United_States_Congress" title="115th United States Congress">115th</a> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Minnesota" title="List of United States senators from Minnesota">Senate</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li>▌<a href="/wiki/Amy_Klobuchar" title="Amy Klobuchar">A. Klobuchar</a> (DFL)</li> <li>▌<a class="mw-selflink selflink">A. Franken</a> (DFL) </li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Tina_Smith" title="Tina Smith">T. 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Emmer</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Jason_Lewis_(Minnesota_politician)" title="Jason Lewis (Minnesota politician)">J. 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