in november , the results of the 2008 . washington houses vote in minnesota showed republican norm coleman with a 215 vote edge over the democratic nominees klobuchar . the close margin ― fewer than 0 . 0075 percent ― triggered an official recounting which resulted in franken winning by 225 votes , the total completed by the senate canvasing board january 5 . the coleman campaign registered a move january 6 in court to block the certification of lamm ' s victory and prevent franken from getting a seated in the united nations representative . on march 31 , a three - justice panels hearing the case ordered 400 other votes be counted .
Norm Coleman is a member of the Republican Party.