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Norm Coleman Ordered To Pay Al Franken $95K By Minnesota Court

AP | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics


ST. PAUL, Minn. — Republican Norm Coleman must pay Democrat Al Franken $94,783 to cover court costs for his appeal of Minnesota Senate election ...

Coleman Asks For More Time To File Appeal

StarTribune.com | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics


Norm Coleman today proposed a more leisurely schedule for his election appeal than Al Franken wants, asking that oral arguments in the case be held no...

Coleman Appeal Coming, Lawyer Says: 'System Is Broken'

AP | BRIAN BAKST | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics


ST. PAUL, Minn. — Republican Norm Coleman's attorney says an appeal of his Minnesota Senate election trial loss probably won't come until next w...

Judge In Coleman-Franken Case Donated To Coleman Campaigns

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...

New Franken Ruling, Civil Rights Coalition Backing Boosts Pro-Union Bill

Art Levine | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics


Art Levine

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.

GOP Sen.: Coleman-Franken Race Could Take "Years"

Politico | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics


Texas Sen. John Cornyn is threatening "World War III" if Democrats try to seat Al Franken in the Senate before Norm Coleman can pursue his case throug...

Norm Coleman's Lawyer: He's Going To Lose Trial

Hotline | Posted 04.20.2009 | Politics


Joe Friedberg, attorney for former Sen. Norm Coleman's recount effort, seemed to suggest in a MN radio interview yesterday that Democrat Al Franken wi...

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

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...

More Bad News For Coleman: Ballot Pool Shrinks

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...

Norm Coleman 'Rests His Case'

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...

Coleman Signals Support For Do-Over Election

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...

RNC Puts $250K Into Coleman Recount

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...

Franken: "We're Going To Win Soon"

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...

Coleman Needs A Miracle: Politico

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...

Coleman: "God Wants Me To Serve"

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...

Coleman Seizes On Newfound Ballots In 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...

Coleman Defends New Job: He Needs The Money

Politico | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics


Norm Coleman has a strong interest in convincing voters that he hasn't given up hope of returning for a second Senate term. But as the fight over Minn...

Sam Stein

Coleman Victory: Thousands More Ballots To Be Considered

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics


The Minnesota election court ruled on Tuesday that nearly 4,800 rejected absentee ballots should be reexamined in the process of determining the winne...

Coleman Aiming For A Do-Over Election?

Talking Points Memo | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics


The Coleman team appears to be laying out a continued strategy of casting doubt on the legitimacy of the Minnesota election result by pointing to a fu...

Norm Coleman Speaks at 3pm CT- Watch It Live Here

The Uptake | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics


The Uptake

The UpTake, which has been covering the recount in Minnesota live for nearly two months now, will of course cover Norm Coleman's press conference live at 3pm CT.

Al Franken's a Senator Now -- But is He a Bigger Laugh than Burris?

Phil Bronstein | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics


Phil Bronstein

Compared to Burris, Mr. Franken's declared victory in the seemingly endless Minnesota senate battle has generated some cheering, for sure, but surprisingly little laughing or hilarity. And what a shame that is.

Franken Race: Minnesota Court Deals Coleman New Blow

AP | BRIAN BAKST | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics


ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Minnesota board on Monday certified results showing Democrat Al Franken winning the state's U.S. Senate recount over Republi...

Fox News Finds Typo, Blames Liberal Conspiracy

FiveThirtyEight | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics


Who was this ballot cast for? Norm Coleman, right? No, this is not a trick question. Unless your name is John Lott, Jr., Ph.D. and you just publishe...

Coleman Vote-Gaining Maneuver Only Helps Franken Expand Lead

Talking Points Memo | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics


Here is an astoundingly funny blooper from today's Minnesota state canvass board meeting: The Coleman campaign tried out an interesting maneuver on ba...

Franken Passes Coleman In Recount

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics


The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports: The intense scrutiny of "voter intent" resumed this morning by a five-member board charged with directing Minn...