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Franken Takes Case to State Supreme Court

By | 01.13.09 | 6:14 pm

In the latest news from the never-ending saga that is the Minnesota Senate race, DFLer Al Franken is asking the Minnesota Supreme Court to force state leaders to certify his electoral victory and send him to the U.S. Senate.

Yesterday, Franken sought Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) and More…

Court Denies Coleman Lawsuit to Halt Certification of Minn. Election

By | 01.05.09 | 2:15 pm

The Minnesota Supreme Court issued an order late Monday morning (pdf) denying an emergency motion from the Norm Coleman campaign to stop the State Canvassing Board from certifying the vote in the statewide Senate recount. That clears the way for the canvassing board to certify this afternoon that Al More…

Franken Moves One Step Closer to Victory

By | 12.24.08 | 10:09 pm

Today the Minnesota Supreme Court removed one of the few remaining obstacles to Al Franken’s ascension to the U.S. Senate when it denied Sen. Norm Coleman campaign’s request to prevent about 130 alleged double-counted ballots from being counted.

The Coleman team argued that these ballots, whose originals and duplicates More…

Minnesota Update: Franken by 48

By | 12.22.08 | 6:08 pm

With nearly all of the challenged ballots tallied, Democratic-Farmer-Labor challenger Al Franken holds a 48-vote lead over Sen. Norm Coleman in the U.S. Senate race in Minnesota, reports the Star Tribune. That figure is consistent with the Franken campaign’s prediction of a 35- to 50-vote lead.

Of course, More…

Franken Takes First Lead in Senate Race

By | 12.19.08 | 10:26 am

Al Franken took his first official lead in the Minnesota Senate recount this morning, as the canvassing board continued to reject the vast majority of Sen. Norm Coleman’s challenges.

Franken will hold a solid lead, likely in the low triple digits, by the time the canvassing board concludes its review More…