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Court Ruling Deals Blow To Norm Coleman

Washington Post | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

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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 ...

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Bush V. Gore Redux: Republicans Urging Coleman To Go To Supreme Court

Politico | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics

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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...

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More Bad News For Coleman: Ballot Pool Shrinks

Star Tribune | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

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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...

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Coleman Wants Do-Over: Lawyers Ask That Election Be 'Set Aside' Altogether

Star Tribune | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics

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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...

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Franken: "We're Going To Win Soon"

The Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics

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Al Franken gave his first national media interview since November to Air America's Mark Green Friday. Franken acknowledges the difficulties of his lo...

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Coleman Needs A Miracle: Politico

Politico | Josh Kraushaar Josh Kraushaar | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

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Three months after Election Day, the Minnesota showdown between Al Franken and Norm Coleman continues, and the ever-changing storyline has now settled...

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Franken: Call Me 'Senator-Elect'

CNN | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics

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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...

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Franken's Motion to Dismiss: 2:30 PM CST Today

The Uptake | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

Al Franken says state law prevents a re-do of the recount; Norm Coleman says the opposite. Today at 2:30 CST, a three-panel judge will hear the first motion in the Senate race's election contest.

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Senate Dems May Try To Seat Franken

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

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UPDATE: Coleman's Senate office has been ordered closed, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports: With the recount battle still underway, the doors to ...

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Coleman Should Concede to Victorious Senator Franken

Brian Normoyle | Posted 02.03.2009 | Politics

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Coleman's earlier admonishments about healing quickly and sparing taxpayer dollars have given way to a stubborn refusal to be a man of his word.

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AP: Minnesota Recount Will Drag Into Next Year

AP | BRIAN BAKST | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Democrat Al Franken edged ahead of Republican incumbent Norm Coleman on Friday for the first time in Minnesota's long-running ...

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Franken Camp: Coleman Trying To Shut Down The Recount

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

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Al Franken's Senate campaign, beaming a bit from last week's announcement that counties should count wrongfully rejected absentee ballots, accused Sen...

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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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Norm Coleman Seeks To Stop Minnesota Recount

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

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Al Franken won a major procedural victory in the Minnesota Senate recount Friday, when the state canvassing board declared that rejected absentee ball...

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Franken: Ballots Missing In Senate Recount

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 01.04.2009 | Politics

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UPDATE: Al Franken's campaign tells reporters that if the missing ballots are not recovered, he will lost his lead over Sen. Norm Coleman. The Minne...

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Franken's Gap Narrowed Even Further, Source Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

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Al Franken has narrowed the gap he faces with Sen. Norm Coleman even closer than the 73 votes the campaign reported yesterday, a source close to the D...

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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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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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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'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 Secretary Of State Promises Clean, Nonpartisan Recount

Minneapolis Star-Tribune | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

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The recount of the closest U.S. Senate race in Minnesota history will be directed by a freshman elections chief -- a liberal DFLer who won election tw...

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Franken, Dems, Have Recount History On Their Side

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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The Minnesota Senate race remains undecided, separated by a margin of less than 500 votes. But despite the narrowness of the contest -- and the fact t...

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