11 Celebrities Who Should Run for President

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5. Al Franken — 5 points

U.S. Senator Al Franken has a clear head start on the rest of this list, and when he was elected to the Senate, he proved that voters were willing to either overlook or embrace his previous life as Stuart Smalley. With a strong record on labor, healthcare, and other classic Democratic causes, Franken transitioned from hosting for progressive Air America Radio — alongside an honorable mention for 11 celebrities who should run for President: comedian Marc Maron — to running for U.S. Senate representing Minnesota. After an extremely narrow first election that came down to a Minnesota Supreme Court ruling, Senator Franken was comfortably reelected in 2014 and is a serious but affable presence for his constituents.

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