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'''Norman "Norm" Coleman, Jr.''' (born August 17, 1949) is the Senior United States Senator from [[Minnesota]] and a member of the [[Republican Party]]. He is currently the Senate Minority Deputy Whip, making him the third highest ranking Republican in the U.S. [[Senate]].
|name=Norm Coleman
|image=Coleman.jpg
|party=[[Republican]]
|spouse=Laurie Coleman
|religion=Judaism
|offices=
{{Officeholder/senator
|state=Minnesota
|terms=January 7, 2003 – January 3, 2009
|preceded=[[Dean Barkley]]
|former=n
|succeeded=TBD
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}}
'''Norman "Norm" Coleman, Jr.''' (born August 17, 1949) is the former United States Senator from [[Minnesota]] and a member of the [[Republican Party]].
==Early Life==
==Early Life==
==United States Senate==
==United States Senate==
Coleman is a member of four Senate committees including the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. In 2004 he ran for chairman of the [[National Republican Senatorial Committee]] (N.R.S.C.) but was defeated by [[North Carolina]] Senator [[Elizabeth Dole]] by one vote. Senator Coleman calls himself pro-life but has voted in support of embryonic stem cell research. He opposes [[gay]] marriages and civil unions. Coleman opposed President [[George W. Bush]]'s troop increase in [[Iraq]] in January of 2007.
Coleman is a member of four Senate committees including the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. In 2004 he ran for chairman of the [[National Republican Senatorial Committee]] (N.R.S.C.) but was defeated by [[North Carolina]] Senator [[Elizabeth Dole]] by one vote. Senator Coleman calls himself pro-life and has voted against embryonic stem cell research. Coleman opposes [[gay]] marriages and civil unions. He opposed President [[George W. Bush]]'s troop increase in [[Iraq]] in January of 2007.
== 2008 Senate re-election results ==
== 2008 Senate re-election results ==