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Alan Stuart Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an American politician and comedian who served as a United States senator from Minnesota from 2009 to 2018. He first gained fame as a writer and performer on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, where he worked for three stints. He first served as a writer for the show from 1975 to 1980 ...
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After spending nearly 40 years in the U.S. Navy and working in Washington, D.C., Franken returned to Iowa in 2019 to run for theDemocratic U.S. Senate nomination to challenge Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst. That year, the powerful Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee endorsed businesswoman Theresa Greenfield just days after she launc...
Franken was born in rural Lebanon, Iowa, where he was one of nine kids and worked on farms and in a slaughterhouse. He went to college on a U.S. Navy scholarship. He held a variety of roles in Washington, including as the first military officer on U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy’s staff, at the U.S. Department of Defense and as chief of legislative affairs f...
Grassley easily defeated state Sen. Jim Carlin in a primary election Tuesday. Grassley’s long tenure in the state paired with a political climate that is broadly expected to favor Republicans makes him the favorite to win in November. National elections analysts rate Iowa’s U.S. Senate race as “solidly Republican.” Grassley’s closest U.S. Senate el...
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Jul 7, 2009 · CNN. (CNN) -- Ten years ago, Al Franken wrote a satirical book detailing his fictitious race for the White House. In "'Why Not Me?" Franken trounces former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to win...
Sep 29, 2021 · Al Franken performed at Q.E.D. in Astoria, Queens, this month. He’s embarking on a national stand-up tour. Todd Heisler/The New York Times. By Jason Zinoman. Sept. 29, 2021. It was a fairly ...
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Alan Stuart Franken, now 60, was born in New York, but his father, seeking opportunity, moved his wife and their two sons to Minnesota when Al was young. Joe Franken was a printing salesman, yet Al attended Blake, generally acknowledged as the most exclusive private school in Minneapolis.
Jun 8, 2022 · Franken’s primary win is something of a surprise, given Finkenauer was better known throughout the state after her 2018 victory over a Republican congressman that made her the second-youngest woman elected to Congress.
Apr 7, 2022 · Finkenauer is much better known and regarded than Franken among Iowa Democrats, but that is not the sole reason she is leading this race. Among the voters who can identify both Finkenauer and Franken, the former Congresswoman holds a nearly 40-point edge, 64 –. 25 percent.
