It Never Ends …

Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) filed his appeal of the Senate election contest with the Minnesota Supreme Court today, arguing that “widespread disparities” in which absentee ballots were accepted distorted the final vote tally.

“The deliberate and disparate treatment of large numbers of similarly situated voters — who had their More…

Franken Names Chief of Staff

Al Franken is certainly behaving as if it’s inevitable that he’ll eventually be seated as Minnesota’s junior senator. This morning the Democrat tapped Capitol Hill veteran Drew Littman to be his chief of staff in Washington.

Coleman-Franken contest remains contentious and tight

More than three weeks after election day, the U.S. Senate contest between Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) and Al Franken remains undecided. With more than 80 percent of the 2.92-million ballots recounted, the incumbent clings to a roughly 200-vote lead — almost the exact margin he maintained when the process got

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