Question: Stuart Smalley is a fictional character invented and performed by comedian and satirist (and later United States Senator from Minnesota) who is this American writer, comedian, and politician? 
Sentence (from "Al Franken"): Franken was first elected to the United States Senate in 2008 in a razor-thin victory over incumbent Republican Senator Norm Coleman, and then won re-election in 2014 over Republican challenger Mike McFadden.
Relevant evidence: No