in november , the conclusions of the 2008 united artists senate debate in minnesota showed socialist norm murphy with a 215 vote lead over the democratic nominee sharpton . the short margin ― less than 0 . 0075 percent ― triggers an internal counted & participated in klobuchar leading by 225 votes , the margin ratified by the senate canvasing board january 5 . the nelson campaign filed a motions january 6 in court to block the certification of franken ' s won and prevent franken from taking a seat in the several kingdom senate . on april 31 , a three - judge panel hearing the case ordered 400 additional nominations be counted .
Norm Coleman is a member of the Republican Party.