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{{Infobox officeholder
|name        = Al Franken
|image       = Al Franken, official portrait, 114th Congress.jpg
|jr/sr       = United States Senator
|state       = [[Minnesota]]
|term_start  = July 7, 2009{{refn|Franken was elected to the term beginning January 3, 2009, but did not take his seat until July 7, 2009, because of a recount and a subsequent election challenge.|group=n}}
|term_end    = January 2, 2018
|predecessor = [[Norm Coleman]]
|successor   = [[Tina Smith]]
|birth_name  = Alan Stuart Franken
|birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1951|5|21}}
|birth_place = [[New York City]], New York, U.S.
|death_date  =
|party       = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|spouse      = {{marriage|Franni Bryson|1975}}
|children    = 2
|education   = [[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
|website     = <!-- {{URL|alfranken.com}} but this is defunct as of January 2019; has been defunct (operating as a redirect to a PAC) from February 2018 on. -->
|signature   = Al Franken Signature.svg
}}
'''Alan Stuart''' "'''Al'''" '''Franken''' (born May 21, 1951) is a former [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[Minnesota]]. He is a member of the [[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party]], which [[affiliation|affiliates]] with the national  [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].  Before he was a Senator, Franken was a writer and actor on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.

Franken was also a left-wing pundit and has written several books on politics. His second cousin was actor [[Steven Franken]].

On December 7, 2017, Franken announced in an address before the Senate that he would be resigning from his office following [[sexual harassment]] claims.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/al-franken-resignation-calls-senate-address-live-stream-updating/|title=Sen. Al Franken says he's resigning -- live stream updates|last=Watson|first=Kathryn|date=7 December 2017|work=CBS News|access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref>

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* [http://franken.senate.gov Office of Senator Al Franken] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090702110830/http://franken.senate.gov/ |date=2009-07-02 }}
* [http://www.alfranken.com/ Official campaign website]
* [http://opensecrets.org/races/summary.asp?ID=MNS1&Cycle=2008 Campaign contributions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080412152819/http://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary.asp?cycle=2008&id=MNS1 |date=2008-04-12 }} at OpenSecrets.org
* [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/f/al_franken/index.html Al Franken] topic page at [[The New York Times]]
* {{National Public Radio|1142525}} in 2002
* {{National Public Radio|1419191}} in 2003
* {{National Public Radio|1585568}} in 2004
* [http://www.momentmag.com/Exclusive/2005/2005-12/200512-FrankenGetsSerious.html Al Franken profile in ''Moment'' Magazine in 2005] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003131609/http://www.momentmag.com/Exclusive/2005/2005-12/200512-FrankenGetsSerious.html |date=2009-10-03 }}
* {{IMDb name|id=0291253|name=Al Franken}}

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