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If you live in Minnesota, you finally have a new Senator:

The Supreme Court ruled today that Al Franken, the comedian turned politician, will take the vacant senate seat after a hotly contested race.

The Minnesota native and Saturday Night Live star is a political activist who ran under the Democratic Farmer Labor Party.

Franken is a creator and former host of Air America, a left-wing radio station that also featured Janeane Garofalo.

Though (unlike Garofalo) he never guest-starred on episodes of The West Wing, he’ll soon have a pretty good view of it from his new job in Washington, DC.

Congrats, Senator Franken!

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