Per The New York Times, after eight months of deliberation and millions of dollars in election and additional court costs, Al Franken claimed victory on Tuesday as the next United States senator to represent Minnesota.

With the end of the historic election, Mr. Franken could be seated in the Senate on Monday.  Franken’s win gives Senate Democrats  60 votes, which grants them the ability to override Republican filibusters.

Twitter users in Minnesota have varying points of view on the Franken win:

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   stamptherapy (South St Paul, Minnesota) Trying to see the silver lining. Al Franken only gets 5.5 years of his 6 year term. Oh joy. 01 Jul 2009 from web
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   ItzJill ( Minneapolis) thanks for the info on Al Franken. I worked on his campaign and was ELATED to hear our state will be well represented! 01 Jul 2009 from web in reply to andersoncooper
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   briancrck (St. Paul, MN) Disappointed by the election of Franken to the US Senate, but has come to terms with it over the last eight months. 01 Jul 2009 from web
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   pjcloud9 (Twin Cities, MN) FoxNews.com: “Franken Declared Winner of Minnesota Senate Election, Giving Dems Filibuster-Proof Majority”, dear Lord, please help us. #TCOT 01 Jul 2009 from web
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   Rumpusgoopus (Minneapolis, MN) On another note, as much as I like him, having Al Franken as my senator is a very odd thing. 01 Jul 2009 from web
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   HeatherVSJ (Twin Cities, Minnesota) Yay Mr Franken!!! Finally.. the right man is going to the Senate!! 01 Jul 2009 from web
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   toolsforshuls (Minneapolis) Celebrating that we Minnesotans now have two senators (I guess technically, 3, as Coleman is still senator & Franken is senator elect). 01 Jul 2009 from web
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   Hellendrung (Minneapolis) Celebrating with the Franken Campaign. Congrats Al (and the hundreds who fought for him)!!! 01 Jul 2009 from TwitterBerry

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