nationality birth_date residence term_end alma_mater imagesize preceded term_start order spouse occupation predecessor birth_place jr/sr party state website successor religion article_title birth_name
american 17 august 1949 st. paul , minnesota , u.s. january 3 , 2009 2002 brown anoka-ramsey community college carroll university college anoka-ramsey community college carroll university brown college 200px dean barkley january 3 , 2003 1994 52nd mayor of st. paul laurie ; 4 children -rrb- -lrb- casserly -rrb- coleman -lrb- 1981 -- present attorney james scheibel brooklyn , new york , u.s. united states senator republican -- 96 -rrb- -lrb- 1996 -- present -rrb- democratic-farmer-labor -lrb- 1988 minnesota -lsb- http://www.colemanforsenate.com/ colemanforsenate.com -rsb- al franken randy kelly judaism norm coleman
 norman bertram coleman , jr.
norm coleman

norman bertram `` norm '' coleman , jr. , -lrb- born august 17 , 1949 -rrb- is an american lobbyist , lawyer and politician .
he served as a u.s. senator from minnesota from 2003 until 2009 .
coleman was elected in 2002 and served in the 108th , 109th , and 110th congresses .
before becoming a senator , he was mayor of saint paul , minnesota -lrb- 1994 -- 2002 -rrb- .
previously a member of the democratic-farmer-labor party -lrb- dfl -rrb- , coleman became a republican in 1996 .
coleman 's 2008 u.s. senate re-election bid , in which he was challenged by democrat al franken and former senator dean barkley , was long unresolved .
his term ended on january 3 , 2009 ; and , after a six-month legal battle in which he lost each decision in the process , the minnesota supreme court unanimously declared franken the election winner by 312 votes -lrb- out of over 3 million cast -rrb- on june 30 , 2009 , prompting coleman to concede .
in april 2011 , coleman joined hogan lovells , an international legal practice , as senior government advisor in their washington , d.c. , office .
