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Norm Coleman

ノーム・コールマン　/　のーむ・こーるまん

American politician

August 17, 1949 (age 76)　・　New York City, New York, United States

New York
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lawyer
mayor

My Take

Norm Coleman is the kind of resume I find genuinely compelling. A Brooklyn kid out of a public high school becomes a lawyer, runs Saint Paul as mayor for eight years, then represents Minnesota in the U.S. Senate. The detail I keep returning to is the party switch from the DFL to the Republicans in 1996, which I read less as opportunism than as a politician recalibrating in real time. I tend to trust people who have done both the courtroom grind and the brutal arithmetic of local elections, because that combination breeds a pragmatism you cannot fake.

Overview

Norman Bertram Coleman Jr. (born August 17, 1949) is an American politician, attorney, and lobbyist. From 2003 to 2009, he served as a United States senator for Minnesota. From 1994 to 2002, he was mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota. First elected as a member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Coleman became a Republican in 1996.

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1. Profile

Name (English): Norm Coleman
Name (Japanese): ノーム・コールマン
Reading: のーむ・こーるまん
Born: August 17, 1949 (age 76)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Leo / Ox
Origin: New York City, New York, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: politician / lawyer / mayor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: James Madison High School
University: Hofstra University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

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