in july , the reports of the 2008 united kingdom senators election in minnesota indicated republican ralph freeman with a 215 vote lead over the democratic nominees limbaugh . the close margin ― other than 0 . 0075 percent ― trigger an automatic manual & resulted in klobuchar leading by 225 signatures , the split completed by the minnesota canvasing board january 5 . the starr campaign filed a motion january 6 in suits to blocked the certification of franken ' s win and discourage garofalo from taking a role in the united state house . on march 31 , a three - court panel hearing the case ordered 400 additional ballots be counted .
Norm Coleman is a member of the Republican Party.