Al Franken

Former US Senator from Minnesota, Saturday Night Live contributor

A Senator from Minnesota; born in Manhattan, N.Y., May 21, 1951; A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1973; screenwriter; comedian; author; radio talk show host; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 2008 for the term beginning January 3, 2009, but the election was contested; following a June 30, 2009, decision in his favor by the Minnesota state supreme court, he took the oath of office and began service on July 7, 2009.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Leadership & Staff

Ben Olinksy

• Legislative Director

Alana Petersen

• State Director

Drew Littman

• Chief of Staff

Jess McIntosh

• Press Secretary

Casey Aden-Wansbury

• Communications Director

Jamie Drogin

• Scheduler

Business Positions

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. The holding company for two satellite radio services (SDARS) operating in the United States and Canada, Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio. The two parent companies completed their merger (

• Radio talk show host (Sep '19→?)

Positions

Air America Radio Progressive talk radio network 2004-2010

• Position

Midwest Values PAC (Mvp) Al Franken founded Midwest Values PAC (MVP) in the fall of 2005

• Founder ('05→?)

Donors

Alan Dershowitz High-profile criminal defense attorney

• Donation · 1,500 USD (Jul 18 '09)

Ernest Baynard Lobbyist and Former Communications Director for MIke Honda

• Donation · 250 USD ('08)

Franken Recount Fund

• Other Campaign Committee

Minnesota Senate Victory 2008

• Other Campaign Committee

Voices for a Senate Majority

• Other Campaign Committee

Al Franken for Senate

• Principal Campaign Committee

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

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Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party

• 1 contribution · 10,000 USD ('04)

Jigar Ashwin Madia Minnesota attorney

• 3 contributions · 6,900 USD ('08→Jun 18 '08)

Midwest Values PAC (Mvp) Al Franken founded Midwest Values PAC (MVP) in the fall of 2005

• 1 contribution · 5,000 USD ('06)

Al Franken Former US Senator from Minnesota, Saturday Night Live contributor

• 2 contributions · 4,600 USD (May 30 '07)

Barack Obama 44th President of the United States

• 2 contributions · 4,600 USD ('08→Jul 31 '08)

Hillary Clinton US Secretary of State & NY Senator; 2016 Democratic Presidential candidate

• 3 contributions · 4,300 USD ('99→Jul 14 '08)

Patty Wetterling

• 2 contributions · 4,200 USD ('06→Jun 1 '06)

Tim Walz Minnesota governor, VP candidate, former US Representative (2007-2019)

• 2 contributions · 4,200 USD ('06→Feb 27 '06)

Amy Klobuchar US Senator from Minnesota, 2020 Democratic presidential primary candidate

• 2 contributions · 4,200 USD ('06)

Elwyn Glenn Tinklenberg

• 1 contribution · 2,300 USD ('08)

Campaign Donors

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Jonathan Lavine Managing Director, Bain Capital, LLC

• 7 contributions · 51,800 USD ('07→Sep 30 '13)

James Cox Chambers Billionaire Cox Enterprises heir

• 6 contributions · 44,600 USD ('07→'09)

John P. "Sean" Coffey Biden Nominee for General Counsel of the Department of the Navy; Attorney - Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

• 9 contributions · 44,000 USD ('07→'12)

Chris Findlater Internet entrepreneur

• 8 contributions · 41,500 USD ('08→'09)

John Faricy Attorney, Saint Paul Minnesota

• 11 contributions · 36,400 USD ('07→'09)

David Glassco Investor - Austin Texas

• 7 contributions · 35,500 USD ('07→'11)

Arthur I Segel Harvard Business School professor; co-founder of TA Associates Realty

• 11 contributions · 35,500 USD ('08→Oct 15 '13)

Fred Eychaner Chicago Media Mogul

• 6 contributions · 33,800 USD ('08)

Phil Murphy 56th Governor of New Jersey; U.S. Ambassador to Germany

• 4 contributions · 29,200 USD ('08)

Laurie David Climate control activist; former wife of comedian Larry David

• 11 contributions · 28,150 USD ('07→Jul 21 '14)

Memberships

Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party

• Member

Democratic Party The U.S. Democratic Party

• Member [+1]

• Member

US Senate upper house of the United States Congress

• Senator (Jul 7 '09→Jan 2 '18)

Family

Thomasin Davis Franken Teacher

• daughter ('81→?)

Joseph Franken

• son ('84→?)

Frances Bryson Franken

• wife (Oct '75→?)

Schools

Blake school Private Minnesota prep school

• High School Diploma (?→'69)

Harvard University Elite private university located in Cambridge, MA

• BA (?→'73)

Miscellaneous Relationships

Saturday Night Live TV show

• Affiliation (past)