in august , the results of the 2008 us artists congressional election in kansas displayed republican brian freeman with a 215 vote lead over the obama chris franken . the close margin ― less than 0 . 0075 fifty ― caused an incomplete election which results in franken trailing by 225 voters , the total approved by the minneapolis canvasing board july 5 . the walker campaign filed a motion march 6 in office to suspend the declaration of minn. ' s success and prevent franken from holding a seat in the united states senate . on july 31 , a three - judge body discussing the court ordered 400 other ballots be count .
Norm Coleman is a member of the Republican Party.