Norm Coleman Republican - MN

COLEMAN, Norm, a Senator from Minnesota; born in Brooklyn, New York, on August 17, 1949; B.A., Hofstra University; J.D., University of Iowa 1976; attorney; chief prosecutor for Minnesota state attorney general; Minnesota state solicitor general; mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota 1993-1998; elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate in 2002, and served from January 3, 2003, to January 3, 2009; was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 2008, having failed in his bid to challenge the results of the election.