Norm Coleman
Norm Coleman (born August 17 1949) is an American politician who has served as a Republican U.S. Senator from Minnesota since 2003.
Coleman was born in Brooklyn, New York. He received his B.A. from Hofstra University and his J.D. with high honors from the University of Iowa.
He served 17 years with the Minnesota Attorney General, holding the positions of Chief Prosecutor and Solicitor General of the State of Minnesota. He served as mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota from 1994 to 2002. Previously a Democrat, Coleman switched to the Republican Party in 1996.
In 1998, he unsuccessfully ran for governor of Minnesota against Democrat Hubert H. "Skip" Humphrey III and the winning Reform Party candidate, Jesse Ventura.
He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2002, defeating former Vice President Walter Mondale and succeeding Dean Barkley, who was serving the unexpired term of Paul Wellstone.
Coleman serves on four Senate committees including the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. He is also Chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
He has two children and a wife, Laurie, an actress.
External link
- Website with U.S. Senate (http://coleman.senate.gov/)
- A Website satirizing his connections to George W. Bush (http://www.bushboy.com/)
| Preceded by: Dean Barkley | Minnesota Congressional Delegations | Succeeded by: — |
Categories: 1949 births | United States Senators