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AP: Franken Poised For Big Gains In Recount

AP | BRIAN BAKST | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Jesus, Bob Dylan and Mickey Mouse will play a part in determining Minnesota's next senator. So will voters who scrawled the sa...

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Franken On Ballot Challenges: I'll Have Less Than 500

HuffPost, Minnesota Independent, MinnPost.com | Posted 01.14.2009 | Politics

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The Franken campaign has again lowered the number of ballot challenges they will submit on Tuesday. As reported by MinnPost.com, the campaign sent ou...

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Minnesota Missing Ballots: Search Given Up

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

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The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that the hunt for missing ballots in Minnesota is off, at least for the moment: The missing 133 ballots in a Mi...

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Sam Stein

Franken Scores: More Ballots Found In Democratic Stronghold

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

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Days after it was reported that 133 ballots were missing in the Minneapolis portion of the Minnesota Senate recount, local officials in the city said ...

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Coleman Denies Ballots Are Missing: Contradicted By State

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Norm Coleman denies that any ballots are missing in the recount of his race against Democrat Al Franken: Coleman lawyer Fritz Knaak reacted str...

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Coleman Campaign Withdraws 650 Ballot Challenges

AP | PATRICK CONDON | Posted 01.04.2009 | Politics

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — A quick finish to Minnesota's U.S. Senate race seemed unlikely Thursday when the city of Minneapolis was given an open-ended e...

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Sam Stein

Franken Camp: We're Down 73 Votes, May Pursue Legal Action

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics

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The Minnesota Senate recount is getting incredibly tight. According to officials from the Al Franken campaign, the margin separating the Democratic ch...

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Sam Stein

Franken Camp: Margin Now 84 Votes, Ballots Still Missing

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics

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The Franken campaign, citing internal numbers, say the recount election deficit that they face against Sen. Norm Coleman is now down to a mere 84 vote...

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Sam Stein

Franken Camp Calls For Investigation Of Missing Ballots

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

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Al Franken's Senate campaign called on the Minnesota Secretary of State to launch a comprehensive investigation into the possibility of missing ballot...

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Franken Projected To Win Recount By 27 Votes

fivethirtyeight.com | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics

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As we wrote yesterday evening, the ever-increasing number of challenged ballots in Minnesota is making it more and more difficult to determine the ext...

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Sam Stein

Video: Coleman Backtracks On Recount, Ethics Issues

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Norm Coleman said on Friday that he would not give up his right to challenge the results of Minnesota's recount election should he find himself t...

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Sam Stein

Franken Camp: Coleman's Lead Down To Double Digits

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

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Aides to Al Franken's campaign said on Friday that the deficit they face against Norm Coleman in their Senate recount is now less than 100 votes. "It...

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Franken Gets Even Closer To Coleman In Recount

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

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The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports: The U.S. Senate recount continued Thursday without major glitches across Minnesota, as tabulators and the volu...

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Al Franken Election: Coleman's Lead Shrinks To 174 Votes

Minneapolis Star-Tribune | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

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The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports: The Great Minnesota Recount kicked off Wednesday with masses of volunteers for Republican U.S. Sen. Norm Colem...

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Sam Stein

Franken's Position Looks Surprisingly Good, New Political Study Shows

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

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Despite trailing his opponent by slightly more than two hundred votes, Democratic challenger Al Franken stands a strong chance of passing Sen. Norm Co...

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Minnesota Senate Race: Key Panel Named

AP | BRIAN BAKST | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Democrat Al Franken, locked in a tight Senate race headed to a statewide recount, sued Thursday for access to data on voters w...

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Minnesota Senate Race Never-Ending Campaign

AP | PATRICK CONDON | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

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MINNEAPOLIS — There are no voters left to persuade. But as Minnesota's U.S. Senate race heads toward a statewide recount, the bare-knuckle fight...

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I Wonder If Al Franken Still Is Dismissive of Election Fraud Now

Mark Crispin Miller | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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Mark Crispin Miller

'm trying very hard to keep from gloating inwardly about Al Franken's plight, since, from Election Day, 2004, he has always pointedly denied the evidence of fraud by the Republicans.

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Sam Stein

Franken Inches Forward To Claiming Senate Lead

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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Staffers for Al Franken, who once worried that the Minnesota Democrat would fall short against Republican Sen. Norm Coleman even after a recount, now ...

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Sam Stein

Franken Puts Out Most Personal Ad Of Cycle

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

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Al Franken's senatorial campaign has put out one of the more highly personal and emotionally charged ads of this election cycle. The spot is narra...

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Sam Stein

Norm Coleman's Possibly Million Dollar Mistake

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

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For Sen. Norm Coleman, 1.1 seconds could cost his campaign thousands if not a million dollars. The Minnesota Republican was caught violating campaign...

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Rachel Weiner

Norm Coleman's "Juicy Porn" Ad Assails Al Franken (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

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In Sen. Norm Coleman's new ad, three bowlers criticize Al Franken for his "Foul-mouthed attacks ... tasteless, sexist jokes" and "writing all that jui...

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Al Franken Edges Out Sen. Coleman In New Poll

Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

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Al Franken may be disappointed that Jesse Ventura isn't running for Senate in Minnesota. But the comedian-turned-politician gets some good news in a n...

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