Norm Coleman Concedes: "We Have A New United States Senator"
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Al Franken ascended Tuesday from the ranks of former "Saturday Night Live" comedians to an even more exclusive club, outlastin...
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Al Franken ascended Tuesday from the ranks of former "Saturday Night Live" comedians to an even more exclusive club, outlastin...
AP/Huffington Post | BRIAN BAKST | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that Democrat Al Franken be certified as the winner of the state's long-running...
The Uptake | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics
Rumors say that the judges will roll out their decision around the 4th of July, though there isn't substance to that particular date. The bigger question will be: will Pawlenty - now rumored to be running for Prez - sign the certificate?
CQ Politics | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics
Republican activists remain confident that Minnesota's Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty will help Norm Coleman continue his fight to be declared the winne...
The Huffington Post/AP | SAM STEIN | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics
A Minnesota court confirmed Monday that Democrat Al Franken won the most votes in his 2008 Senate race against Republican Norm Coleman, who immediatel...
MyDD | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics
Last week, I took a look at the political leanings of the five Minnesota Supreme Court Justices who will decide Republican Norm Coleman's likely appea...
Richard Valeriani | Posted 05.07.2009 | Comedy
Alaskan volcano Mount Redoubt erupts. Volcanic ash so thick over Anchorage, Sarah Palin can't see Russia from her front porch.
Politico | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics
The legal fight between Al Franken and Norm Coleman is headed to the desk of Gov. Tim Pawlenty -- a no-win predicament for a Minnesota Republican with...
Art Levine | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics
Tuesday's court decision favoring Al Franken in the disputed Minnesota Senate race also serves as a boon to the ongoing fight over the Employee Free Choice Act.
Washington Post | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics
A three judge state panel convened to review an election contest brought by former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman (R) in his race against entertainer Al ...
Politico | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics
A state court could rule any day now on Norm Coleman's challenge to Al Franken's 225-vote lead in Minnesota, but the race may be far from over no matt...
AP | HENRY C. JACKSON | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Democrat Al Franken said Tuesday he sees "a light at the end of the tunnel" and expects to be seated as Minnesota's next senator. ...
Star Tribune | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics
In the end, the pool turned out to be pretty shallow. Republican Norm Coleman had hoped an inspection of hundreds of secrecy envelopes holding reject...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics
A Minnesota newspaper that endorsed Norm Coleman for Senate is calling on state officials to ignore the former Senator's call to overturn the election...
Star Tribune | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics
For more than a month, Norm Coleman stressed flaws in Minnesota's election system. And on Monday, Coleman lawyer Jim Langdon wrote the three-judge pa...
Minneapolis Star-Tribune | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics
Norm Coleman's lawyers rested their case in the U.S. Senate recount trial this afternoon, clearing the way for Al Franken's attorneys to begin their c...
Talking Points Memo | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics
The talk from the Coleman campaign about how the Minnesota election results are unreliable, and that a do-over election could be an option, has now go...
Politico | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics
The Republican National Committee has transferred $250,000 to the Minnesota GOP to help pay legal fees in Norm Coleman's ongoing recount battle agains...
The Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics
Al Franken gave his first national media interview since November to Air America's Mark Green Friday. Franken acknowledges the difficulties of his lo...
Politico | Josh Kraushaar Josh Kraushaar | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics
Three months after Election Day, the Minnesota showdown between Al Franken and Norm Coleman continues, and the ever-changing storyline has now settled...
CNN | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics
The fight over Minnesota's Senate seat is still making its way through the legal system, but Democrat Al Franken's staff on Monday began publicly call...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics
Here's some new evidence that the national Republican Party is more than eager to keep bankrolling Norm Coleman's legal challenges to Minnesota's Sena...
Washington Post | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics
Entertainer Al Franken (D-Minn.) will spend the next two days in Washington readying himself to serve in the Senate, a move that comes even as the con...
Smart Politics | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics
While Al Franken remains fairly elusive, Norm Coleman is keeping a high profile these days as his court challenge of the Minnesota U.S. Senate recount...
Twin Cities | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics
Perry Mason, meet Rachel Smith. Smith, the top elections official in Anoka County, dropped a minor bombshell Thursday in the courtroom where a lawsui...
AP | BRIAN BAKST | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics