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(Newser) - Tim Pawlenty will not seek a third term as Minnesota governor, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports. Pawlenty is seen as a probable Republican candidate for 2012, but he was mum on the subject. “I don’t have any plans beyond serving out my term,” he said today. “I’... More »

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presidential campaign • Republican Party • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • Al Franken • governor • Election 2012

Senate Recount Case Goes
to Minn. High Court Today 

But decision could take months

Jun 1, 09 10:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Minnesota’s Supreme Court will hear arguments today in the Senate seat dispute between Al Franken and Norm Coleman, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. If the court goes Franken’s way, he could be seated in Washington; if the five justices find for Coleman, “recounting-type” hurdles will remain before... More »

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Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Minnesota Supreme Court

 Coleman-Franken Fight 
 Heads to Minn.'s Top Court 

Ex-lawyer Coleman working case; Franken acting like senator

May 31, 09 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Norm Coleman and Al Franken take their protracted election battle to Minnesota's Supreme Court tomorrow, reports the Hill, in what could be its final stage. Lawyers on both sides have spent some 6 weeks readying their arguments—including Coleman, himself a lawyer. Franken, meanwhile, holding to a slim ballot... More »

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Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Election 2008 • Minnesota Supreme Court

(Newser) - Norm Coleman and Al Franken are tussling over $94,000 in legal fees as they head to the Minnesota Supreme Court, Talking Points Memo reports. A county clerk ruled this week that Coleman, after losing a court ruling in the Senate race, owed Franken the money under a loser-pays election... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Senate race • Minnesota Supreme Court

Analysis

Republicans Hang Pawlenty Out to Dry

By refusing to certify Franken, Minn. gov risks own future

May 6, 09 12:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - By refusing to certify Al Franken’s Senate win, Tim Pawlenty is taking a big political risk, writes Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com. The Minnesota governor’s numbers have dropped precipitously since November; he currently has just a 46% approval rating, with 50% disapproving. The Franken/Coleman fracas may not bear... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • Al Franken • Nate Silver

(Newser) - The Minnesota Supreme Court agreed today to hear oral arguments in the Al Franken-Norm Coleman legal battle starting June 1, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The appeal date is closer to a schedule proposed by Coleman, who appears to face an uphill battle in the Senate seat contest and sought... More »

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Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken

Coleman Wants More Time to Craft Appeal

Republican pushes for mid-May appearance in Minn.'s high court

Apr 22, 09 2:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lawyers for Republican Norm Coleman want more time to prepare arguments for their appeal to Minnesota’s top court in the fight over last November's election, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The attorneys’ timeline, presented today, would put off oral arguments until mid-May; attorneys for Democrat Al Franken, declared the... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • US Senate • Minnesota Supreme Court

Coleman Takes Vote Battle to Top State Court

Franken picks Senate staffers as rival
refuses to concede

Apr 21, 09 1:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Embattled former senator Norm Coleman is keeping alive the last fight of Election 2008 with an appeal to Minnesota's Supreme Court, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Coleman is arguing that a lower court that awarded Al Franken a 312-vote victory denied constituents their constitutional rights by rejecting some absentee ballots.... More »

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Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Senate race • Election 2008

Democrats: $1 a Day Sends Norm Coleman Away

Groups pressure GOP holdout by funding other candidates

Apr 20, 09 7:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pair of Democratic groups think the best way to get rid of Norm Coleman is by pressuring his fellow Republicans. The newly formed Progressive Change Campaign Committee, together with Howard Dean’s Democracy for America, has sent an email to more than a million addresses asking supporters to donate... More »

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Howard Dean • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • campaign fundraising • progressive • fundraising • Republicans

 Minnesotans 
 to Coleman: 
 Concede 

Both candidates low on cash

Apr 16, 09 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - A whopping 63% of Minnesota voters want Norm Coleman to concede the Senate race to Al Franken, with only 37% supporting more appeals, according to a new survey from Public Policy Polling. Another 59% said they want Gov. Tim Pawlenty to certify Franken’s victory. “It appears that most... More »

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poll • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • Al Franken • legal fees • poll numbers • recount

(Newser) - Democrats have widened their campaign against Norm Coleman to include a radio ad urging him to concede to Al Franken, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. “Minnesota deserves two senators and voters deserve to have their verdict stand,” says the ad, produced by the DNC. “Call Norm... More »

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Congress • Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Democratic National Committee • Al Franken • radio advertising • Election 2008 • ad buy

Analysis

How Much Is Senate Fight Worth to Coleman?

Numbers don't add up in improbable challenge: Silver

Apr 14, 09 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Norm Coleman’s chances of victory are so thin they’ve entered “Calista Flockhart territory,” yet he shows no sign of winding down his expensive legal battle, writes Nate Silver, the stat guru behind FiveThirtyEight.com. Just how expensive? Silver estimates that Coleman’s spending about $20,740... More »

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Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Nate Silver • Minnesota Supreme Court

(Newser) - A Minnesota court ruled today that Al Franken won more votes than rival Norm Coleman in their contested 2008 Senate race, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Dismissing Coleman's argument that systemic errors nullified the outcome, the 3-judge panel said Franken's 312-vote lead stands. Coleman vowed to appeal the decision. More »

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 Franken Picks Up 
 87 Votes in 
 Minn. Race 

Dem gains some 90 votes in rejected-ballot count

Apr 7, 09 1:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - As election officials in Minnesota tallied up some 350 previously-rejected Senate ballots today, Al Franken stretched out his lead over Norm Coleman by almost 90 votes, making it more than 312, the Star Tribune reports. That’s good news for Franken in Coleman’s lawsuit over the election, which a... More »

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Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Senate race • ballots

Stalled Minn. Senate Race a Home Run for Fundraisers

Groups for both parties reap cash by citing Franken-Coleman battle

Apr 6, 09 9:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - For some political fundraisers, the longer the Franken-Coleman race barrels onward, the better: it’s helping them pull down huge sums, Politico reports. Groups from both parties are hitting up their constituents for cash, using the Minnesota race to spark sympathy. “We need to expose these illicit attempts to... More »

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Norm Coleman • Al Franken • political action committees • Election 2008 • political donations • fundraising

analysis

 Pawlenty In 
 Squeeze Over 
 Franken's Fate 

Mulling White House run, guv faces heavy choice

Apr 2, 09 8:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Minnesota Senate race is set for the state Supreme Court, and after that, it’s in GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s hands. If the court puts Democrat Al Franken on top, that puts Pawlenty, eyeing a 2012 presidential run, in a tight spot, writes Manu Raju for Politico: Does... More »

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Senate Democrats • Norm Coleman • Tim Pawlenty • Al Franken • Senate race • election certificate

(Newser) - Republicans are rallying donors behind Jim Tedisco in preparation for a possible legal battle over the results of yesterday’s US House election in upstate New York, the Hill reports. In an email to donors today, GOP leaders say Democrats are preparing to “steal” the seat. Democratic candidate Jim... More »

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Congress • Republican • New York • GOP • House of Representatives • Democrat • Norm Coleman • Al Franken • disputed election • Kirsten Gillibrand • Scott Murphy • Jim Tedisco

(Newser) - Al Franken may have moved a decisive step closer to the Senate today, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. A three-judge panel ruled that only 400 disputed absentee ballots will be reviewed, making it highly unlikely that Norm Coleman will be able to erase Franken's 225-seat margin in the Minnesota race.... More »

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Congress • Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • recount

GOP Vows to Fight WWIII
if Dems Try to Seat Franken

Months after vote, legal course murky

Mar 30, 09 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the Minnesota court ruling on the Senate race between Al Franken and Norm Coleman just days away, GOP honchos are warning that if they lose this round, they plan to go all the way to the highest court, even if it leaves the state's voters without a senator for... More »

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Senate • John Cornyn • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • Al Franken • Election 2008

Coleman Willing to Continue Minn. Election Battle

Former senator 'not ruling out' state, federal appeals

Mar 24, 09 2:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Norm Coleman is leaving himself the option of taking the case of Minnesota’s disputed Senate election all the way to the US Supreme Court, Politico reports. The Republican is not “at this point” expecting to go that far—after all, that’d be after the Minnesota Supreme Court... More »

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Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Senate race • disputed election • Minnesota Supreme Court • absentee ballots

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