[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16874]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION AND CREDENTIALS

  The VICE PRESIDENT. The Chair lays before the Senate the certificate 
of election for a 6-year term, beginning January 3, 2009, for the 
representation of the State of Minnesota. The certificate, the Chair is 
advised, is in the form suggested by the Senate. If there is no 
objection, the reading of the certificate will be waived, and it will 
be printed in full in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

                           State of Minnesota

                          Executive Department


               certificate of election for six-year term

     To the President of the Senate of the United States:
       This is to certify that on the fourth day of November, 
     2008, Al Franken was duly chosen by the qualified electors of 
     the State of Minnesota a Senator from said State to represent 
     said State in the Senate of the United States for the term of 
     six years, beginning on the 3rd day of January, 2009.
       Witness: His excellency our governor Tim Pawlenty, and our 
     seal hereto affixed at Saint Paul, Minnesota this 30th day of 
     June, in the year of our Lord 2009.
       By the governor:
     Tim Pawlenty,
       Governor.
     Mark Ritchie,
       Secretary of State.
     [State Seal Affixed]

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