Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Al_Franken> ?p ?o }
- Al_Franken abstract "Alan Stuart \"Al\" Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an American comedian, actor, politician, and writer. He is currently the junior United States Senator from Minnesota. He became well known in the 1970s and 1980s as a writer and performer on the television comedy show Saturday Night Live. After several decades as a comedic actor and writer, he became a prominent liberal political activist. Franken was elected to the United States Senate in 2008, narrowly defeating incumbent Republican Senator Norm Coleman. Franken is a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), an affiliate of the Democratic Party.Born in New York City, Franken moved to Minnesota when he was four but he later went back to the East Coast and attended Harvard College. With his writing partner Tom Davis, with whom he had developed an interest in improvisational theatre in high school, he was hired as a writer for SNL at its inception in 1975. He worked on the show as a writer and performer until 1980, and returned from 1985 to 1995. After leaving SNL, he wrote and acted in movies and television shows. He also hosted a nationally syndicated, political radio talk show, The Al Franken Show, and wrote six books, four of which are political satires critical of conservative politics.Franken ran for the U.S. Senate from Minnesota in 2008 and, after a close race, he trailed Norm Coleman by 215 votes. After a statewide manual recount, required because of the closeness of the election, Franken was declared the winner by a margin of 312 votes. After an election contest and subsequent lawsuit by Coleman, the Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously upheld Franken's victory on June 30, 2009. Franken was sworn into the US Senate on July 7, 2009. He was re-elected to a second term in office in 2014.".
- Al_Franken almaMater Harvard_College.
- Al_Franken associate Amy_Klobuchar.
- Al_Franken birthDate "1951-05-21".
- Al_Franken birthPlace New_York_City.
- Al_Franken party Minnesota_Democratic–Farmer–Labor_Party.
- Al_Franken predecessor Norm_Coleman.
- Al_Franken religion Judaism.
- Al_Franken signature "Al Franken Signature.svg".
- Al_Franken termPeriod Al_Franken__1.
- Al_Franken thumbnail Al_Franken_Official_Senate_Portrait.jpg?width=300.
- Al_Franken wikiPageExternalLink franken.senate.gov.
- Al_Franken wikiPageExternalLink www.alfranken.com.
- Al_Franken wikiPageExternalLink www.alfranken.com.
- Al_Franken wikiPageID "251879".
- Al_Franken wikiPageLength "66532".
- Al_Franken wikiPageOutDegree "287".
- Al_Franken wikiPageRevisionID "704252199".
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink 111th_United_States_Congress.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink 3rd_Rock_from_the_Sun.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink A_Limo_For_A_Lame-O.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Air_America_(radio_network).
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Al_Franken:_God_Spoke.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Albert_Lea,_Minnesota.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink All_You_Need_Is_Cash.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Amazon.com.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Amy_Klobuchar.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Associate_Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Associated_Press.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Bachelor_of_Arts.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Barack_Obama.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Belarus.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Ben_Stein.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Bible.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Bill_OReilly_(political_commentator).
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Blake_School_(Minneapolis).
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Bob_Franken.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Bob_Tischler.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Brave_New_Workshop.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink CNN.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink California_Franchise_Tax_Board.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:1951_births.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:20th-century_American_male_actors.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:20th-century_American_writers.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:21st-century_American_politicians.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:21st-century_American_writers.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_Jewish_comedians.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_actor-politicians.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_humorists.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_male_film_actors.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_male_screenwriters.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_male_television_actors.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_male_writers.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_people_of_Belarusian-Jewish_descent.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_people_of_German-Jewish_descent.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_political_pundits.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_political_writers.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_satirists.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_sketch_comedians.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_talk_radio_hosts.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_television_producers.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_television_writers.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:Democratic_Party_United_States_Senators.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:Grammy_Award_winners.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:Harvard_University_alumni.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:Jewish_American_male_actors.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:Jewish_American_writers.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:Jewish_United_States_Senators.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:Liberalism_in_the_United_States.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:Living_people.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:Male_actors_from_Minneapolis,_Minnesota.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:Male_actors_from_New_York_City.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:Male_television_writers.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:Minnesota_Democrats.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:People_from_Hennepin_County,_Minnesota.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:Primetime_Emmy_Award_winners.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:United_States_Senators_from_Minnesota.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Category:Writers_from_Minneapolis,_Minnesota.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Classes_of_United_States_Senators.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Cocaine.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Colin_Powell.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Coneheads.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Conservatism_in_the_United_States.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Corporation.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Credit_rating_agency.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Dan_Aykroyd.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Dean_Barkley.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Democratic_Party_(United_States).
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Disability.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Eddie_Murphy.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Elections_in_Minnesota.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Elena_Kagan.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Emmy_Award.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Exxon.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Fox_News_Channel.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Fred_Silverman.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink From_the_Earth_to_the_Moon_(miniseries).
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Gene_Siskel.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink George_W._Bush.
- Al_Franken wikiPageWikiLink Germany.