Senator Al Franken. It should become official shortly as Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty said he'd sign the necessary election certificate after the State's Supreme Court made it's ruling, which it finally have.

Almost seven months since he should have been seated and Minnesota will finally get its Senator:

The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled today that Democrat Al Franken won the U.S. Senate election and said he was entitled to an election certificate that would lead to him being seated in the Senate.

"Affirmed," wrote the Supreme Court, unanimously rejecting Republican Norm Coleman's claims that inconsistent practices by local elections officials and wrong decisions by a lower court had denied him victory.

The GOP has pumped over $900,000 into Coleman's legal fund for the sole purpose of keeping Franken from being seating as long as possible (the question of who won the election was over last year) and being the Democrats potential 60th, filibuster-proff, vote.

I'm sure that there is pressure on Gov. Pawlenty (Republican) to not sign the election certificate until Coleman takes this case to the Supreme Court of the United States, but as Pawlenty is up for re-election and local polls show overwhelmingly that Minnesotans want this debacle to be over and for Franken to represent their state in the U.S. Senate, I think he'll keep to his promise and sign the election certificate and get Franken seated as quickly as possible.

UPDATE: Norm Coleman finally conceded. He made a gracious concession speech, albeit, one that came seven months late. Senator-elect Al Franken is expected to receive his election certificate tomorrow and he be sworn into the Senate on Monday as the chamber is closed for July 4th.