Al Franken declared victory late Monday in his race against Norm Coleman for a U.S. Senate seat from Minnesota. The Minnesota Canvassing Board certified the recount today, with Franken winning by 225 votes.

“After 62 days, after the careful and painstaking hand inspection of nearly 3 million ballots, after hours and hours of hard work by elections officials and volunteers across the state, I am proud and humbled to stand before you as the next Senator from Minnesota,” reads the quote from the comedian-turned-pundit-turned-politician.

Coleman is expected to file a formal election contest within the next 24 hours, which means this isn’t totally over yet. ABC’s Karen Travers estimates the ensuing legal process “could take weeks.” Still, Franken has been declared the winner, and will surely now begin preparing a staff to come to D.C. — dare we begin to imagine how the funnyman could end up influencing our town?