Tim WalzRep. Tim Walz reacted to the decision by the Minnesota Supreme Court in favor of Al Franken praising Minnesota’s election process and urging Gov. Tim Pawlenty to issue and sign an election certificate naming Franken the winner. Here is Walz’ full statement:

Senator Coleman has been afforded every right to which he is entitled as a candidate for re-election to his vacant Senate seat. I’m pleased that throughout the process the integrity of Minnesota’s election system has been repeatedly validated. The election of a Senator to represent the citizens of our State in the United States Senate should be decided by the citizens of Minnesota and the Minnesota Supreme Court should be the final appeal in this matter. This is a state issue, not a federal issue and Governor Pawlenty should uphold the final decision of Minnesota’s Supreme Court by issuing and signing the election certificate.

I welcome Senator-elect Franken to the Congress and look forward to sharing Minnesota’s workload with him. In these challenging economic times, the people of Minnesota are more inclined then ever before to use the resources Congressional offices provide to citizens and I’m certain the citizens of Minnesota are eager to have one more resource at the federal level.