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Who’s Older? Mr. T Or Al Franken?

Mr. T & Al Franken

In 1988, A-Team star Mr. T began work on a short-lived follow-up series, T. and T. Twenty years later, Saturday Night Live star Al Franken was—for all intents and purposes—elected the junior U.S. Senator from Minnesota. Both entertainers were born on May 21st. Which one is older?

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The Norm Coleman Vs. Al Franken Scanda-List

Who Are They?

Norm Coleman, Senior Senator of Minnesota and Republican. Coleman is running for re-election this year.
Al Franken, former Saturday Night Live actor/writer and author of Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot. Franken is Coleman’s Democratic opponent.

Why is everyone talking about them?

The battle between Coleman and Franken was one of the ugliest and most aggressively fought congressional elections this year.
With 99% of the polls counted, Coleman was ahead of Franken by only 571 votes. By law, the state must recount all votes if the margin between the top two candidates is less than half of a percent. The recount, which would not even begin until mid-November, could take well into the following month. Coleman has claimed victory, asking Franken to abandon the recount. Franken has no plans to do so.

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