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A Rocky Start to 2009
for Harry Reid

In interview, Senate majority leader admits he had other plans

Jan 8, 09 5:54 AM CST
(Newser) - With a strengthened majority and a Democrat in the White House, Harry Reid expected a fast start off the blocks for the 111th Congress. But the Senate majority leader has found himself, these first days of 2009, stumbling over the handling of the Roland Burris appointment and struggling to respond... More »

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Congress • Senate • Harry Reid • Al Franken • Senate majority leader • Roland Burris

(AP) - Norm Coleman is suing to challenge Al Franken's recount victory in Minnesota's Senate race, delaying a resolution of the contest for weeks or possibly months. At a news conference filled with cheering supporters, Coleman said he won't accept an electoral board's determination yesterday that the Democrat won by 225 votes. More »

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Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • recount

UPDATED

Coleman Loses Recount,
Will Challenge Election

Board certifies results for Franken hours after court rejects Republican's attempt to count more ballots

Jan 5, 09 1:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Minnesota’s Canvassing Board today certified Democrat Al Franken’s victory in the US Senate race, hours after the state’s top court rejected Republican Norm Coleman’s plea to count 654 previously rejected ballots, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The defeat leaves Coleman just one option. “Today’s... More »

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Congress • Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • recount • Canvassing Board • election challenge

 Franken to 
 Be Declared 
 Winner Today 


But GOP vows to fight on

Jan 5, 09 3:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Funnyman-about to-turn-Sen. Al Franken is expected to be officially declared the winner of the marathon recount in the US Senate race in Minnesota today—but don't expect incumbent Norm Coleman to quietly accept the decision. His campaign will challenge the result in court, and Senate Republicans will oppose Franken being... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • recount • US Senate • Cullen Sheehan • Air America • canvassing board • National Republican Senatorial Committee • Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

Franken
Zeroes In
on Senate Win

Now leads by 225; Coleman's only hope lies with the courts

Jan 3, 09 9:37 PM CST
(Newser) - It's looking more and more likely that Al Franken will be the new senator from Minnesota. Franken extended his lead to 225 votes over Norm Coleman tonight after election officials finished counting nearly 1,000 previously rejected ballots, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The recount is now done—unless the... More »

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Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • recount

Franken, Coleman Agree to Count 900 Rejected Ballots

But court case could keep race on for months

Jan 3, 09 7:55 AM CST
(Newser) - The battling campaigns in the Minnesota Senate race have agreed to count some 900 incorrectly rejected ballots, an unexpectedly high proportion of the 1,350 reviewed by county officials. The system required both campaigns to agree on every ballot, which made such a figure seem unlikely, Talking Points Memo reports.... More »

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Congress • Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • ballots • Election 2008 • counting

 Coleman Rejects 
 Election Judge's Vote 

Minn. senator could beat Franken with veto strategy

Dec 31, 08 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Norm Coleman rejected 37% of recount ballots in a blue Minnesota county this week, including that of an election judge, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Shirley Graham, who voted for Coleman, disputes a date discrepancy the senator used to deny her absentee vote. The state Supreme Court gave the candidates... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • absentee balloting • Election 2008 • recount • US Senate

Franken and Coleman Still Jousting on Absentees

If the two can't compromise, Senate may just seat Franken

Dec 30, 08 1:44 PM CST
(Newser) - It’s not clear what the Minnesota Supreme Court was thinking when it made the outcome of the Senate race contingent on the two campaigns working out a deal on disputed absentee ballots. Not surprisingly, the Al Franken and Norm Coleman camps, currently separated by 46 votes, are still far... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Senate race • absentee balloting • recount • ballot challenges

Franken Wins Key Ruling; Coleman Sees Court Fight

Election may result  in court battle

Dec 24, 08 10:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Norm Coleman lost a key court battle today in the endless Minnesota recount, Politico reports. The decision virtually ensures that his race with Al Franken will be contested in the courts after the Senate convenes Jan. 6. Coleman sought to have a state panel hold off certifying the final vote... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • recount • US Senate • Canvassing Board • Minnesota Supreme Court

(Newser) - The Minnesota recount will not be complete until next year and could be continuing even as the new Senate is sworn in, Minnesota Public Radio reports. A plan agreed to by both the Coleman and Franken camps has the secretary of state counting wrongly rejected absentee ballots by January 4,... More »

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Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • absentee balloting • Election 2008 • recount • ballot challenges • Canvassing Board • Mark Ritchie

 Franken's Lead Shrinking 

Senate race still finely balanced

Dec 23, 08 4:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Al Franken's razor-thin lead in the Minnesota Senate race keeps getting narrower. The former Saturday Night Live writer holds a mere 48-vote lead over Republican Sen. Norm Coleman with most ballot challenges settled, down from the 251-vote advantage he had just last week, reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune. More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • election • recount • US Senate

Franken Takes Lead
by 250 Votes

Thousands of votes still have yet to be counted

Dec 19, 08 1:41 PM CST
(Newser) - After beginning the day with a slight deficit, Al Franken has opened up a 250-vote lead over incumbent Norm Coleman in Minnesota’s ongoing Senate race, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. While the race appears to be tipping Franken's way, don't expect any resolution until after the new year, given... More »

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Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • recount

(AP) - Sen. Norm Coleman saw his lead over Al Franken in Minnesota's Senate race dwindle to just two votes today. Meanwhile, a key court ruling put more than 1,500 improperly rejected ballots in play and promised the recount would drag into the new year. The state's Supreme Court ruled that... More »

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Coleman Claims 150 Ballots Were Double-Counted

Minn. board faces new hurdles as it resolves disputes in Senate race

Dec 18, 08 9:25 AM CST
(Newser) - The Minnesota Senate recount is moving at a one-step-forward, two-steps-back pace, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports, with Republican Norm Coleman’s campaign saying 150 ballots were double-counted, and that the total tally needs to be adjusted by the Canvassing Board. The board, which is in the process of evaluating disputed ballots,... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • ballots • disputed election • recount • ballot challenges • Canvassing Board

Minn. Board Can't Keep Up With New Ballot Challenges

Candidates add to pile as panel starts sifting

Dec 17, 08 10:46 AM CST
(Newser) - The Minnesota state Canvassing Board began evaluating challenged ballots in the Senate recount yesterday, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports. These votes, where one of the campaigns disputed voter intent, are the last major obstacle in the count. But the campaigns say that having seen the standards, they may revive some withdrawn... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • ballots • ballot challenges • Canvassing Board

Minnesota Senate Race Hangs on Pair of Rulings

Court, Canvassing Board could shrink Coleman lead

Dec 16, 08 8:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Minnesota’s hotly contested Senate race now hinges on two fast-approaching decisions: a state Supreme Court ruling on standards for counting mistakenly rejected ballots (arguments to be heard tomorrow), and the Canvassing Board’s decision on the number of challenged ballots to be officially counted (review begins today). Republican incumbent... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Senate race • ballots • Election 2008 • ballot challenges

Recount Bares Flaws in Minn. Absentee System 

13% of absentee ballots typically tossed each election

Dec 15, 08 5:41 AM CST
(Newser) - A close examination of this year's Minnesota senate race has revealed significant flaws in the voting system that typically rejects 13% of absentee ballots—about 1,600 votes. State officials say the votes are "normally" rejected due to voter or official error, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The problem... More »

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voting • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • absentee balloting • voting irregularities

Minn. Board: Count Wrongly Rejected Ballots

Recommendation
may help Franken
surpass Coleman

Dec 12, 08 2:49 PM CST
(Newser) - In a victory for Al Franken, Minnesota officials voted unanimously today to recommend counting previously rejected absentee ballots, the Star Tribune reports. The state’s five-member Canvassing Board urged all 87 counties to count ballots that had been improperly discarded—a figure that could approach 1,600. Norm Coleman's camp... More »

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

Emotional Franken Video: Count Our Votes

Dem wants absentee review; fight continues over lost ballots

Dec 11, 08 9:00 AM CST
(Newser) - In its ongoing fight to get rejected absentee ballots re-evaluated, Al Franken’s Senate campaign released an emotionally charged video about uncounted voters, reports the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. The video includes one bedridden man—with his head on a Minnesota Vikings pillow—who implores, “I may be a quadriplegic, but... More »

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

Lawsuits Allege Minn.'s Coleman Diverted Funds

FBI investigating claims a friend steered cash toward senator

Dec 10, 08 1:45 PM CST
(Newser) - The FBI is looking into a pair of lawsuits that claim a friend of Norm Coleman tried to channel funds to the Minnesota senator, the Pioneer Press of St. Paul reports. A Houston suit says financier Nasser Kazeminy aimed to divert money to Coleman through Coleman's wife’s employer; another... More »

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FBI • corruption • funding • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • probe • political scandal

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