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(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

 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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Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • recount

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: 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

Minn. Recount Wraps Up; Review Begins

Coleman holds 192-vote lead; 5K ballots challenged

Dec 5, 08 3:45 PM CST
(Newser) - The Minnesota Senate recount is complete, but the state won't have a winner anytime soon. Not only are 133 ballots missing in Minneapolis, but the state canvassing board has yet to convene to review thousands of challenged ballots. The meeting is set for Dec. 16. Norm Coleman holds a provisional... More »

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Congress • Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Election 2008 • recount

Franken Gets Boost in Minnesota Recount

Decision to re-examine rejected absentee ballots raises challenger's hopes

Dec 3, 08 5:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The momentum went Al Franken's way in the Minnesota recount yesterday, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The Democrat—trailing incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman by 303 votes with 93% of the ballots counted—picked up 37 more votes than his rival out of a pile of 171 uncounted ballots found in... More »

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

Some Absentee Ballots Won't Be Counted: Minn. Board

Body doesn't have authority to include them, it rules in blow to Dem Franken

Nov 27, 08 10:58 AM CST
(Newser) - The board in charge of the recount in the Minnesota Senate race denied a request yesterday from Democrat Al Franken to include rejected absentee ballots, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The state Canvassing Board said it does not have the authority to do so, and wasn’t ruling on the... More »

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

Aubry Will Lead French Socialist Party After Vote

Rival Royal refuses to accept outcome of contentious recount

Nov 25, 08 2:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Martine Aubry has edged out rival Ségolène Royal to become the leader of France’s Socialist Party, the BBC reports. A recount of last week’s vote, requested by Royal, actually widened Aubry’s winning margin. Royal, the party’s presidential candidate last year, said she would not... More »

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Segolene Royal • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Socialist Party • vote • election • recount • Martine Aubry

 Minnesota 
 Recount Mired 
 in Challenges 

Ballot challenges will take a month to decide

Nov 25, 08 2:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The marathon recount in the Senate race in Minnesota is crawling toward a resolution with incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman still ahead of comedian-writer Al Franken by an estimated 210 votes out of 2.9 million ballots cast. The process has been further complicated as the number of ballots challenged... More »

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Senate • GOP • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Election 2008 • recount • ballot challenges • Canvassing Board • missing ballots

Analysis

Silver Predicts 27-Vote Recount Victory for Franken

If you believe the statistics, Minnesota's getting a Democratic senator

Nov 24, 08 11:17 AM CST
(Newser) - If you believe in the math, get ready to welcome the new Democratic senator from Minnesota: Statistics guru Nate Silver, on FiveThirtyEight.com, predicts a 27-vote Al Franken victory. The numbers get a bit tricky, but it all hinges on a strong trend toward Franken picking up votes from Norm... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Senate race • paper ballots • Election 2008 • recount • US Senate • Nate Silver

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