Norm Coleman

Just now, following a defeat at the hands of the Minnesota Supreme Court, former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) officially conceded the 2008 Senate race and congratulated victor Al Franken. Pending certification of the election by Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty — and there is no longer any reason not to certify it — it’s finally over.
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It’s only a few minutes old, this news that the Minnesota Supreme Court, at long last, has ruled Al Franken the winner of last November’s Senate election. But Democratic leaders in Washington are already celebrating.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) just issued a statement calling on Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) “to respect the votes [...]

TPM’s Eric Kleefeld reports that the Minnesota Supreme Court has unanimously ruled in favor of Democrat Al Franken in his Senate election contest with former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.), reaffirming a previous decision by a lower court.
UPDATE: The decision is here (pdf). The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that Franken is “entitled … to receive the [...]

These musings from Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.) don’t seem to add much to the status of the Minnesota Senate race.
I’m prepared to sign [the certification] as soon as they give the green light. I’m not going to defy an order of the Minnesota Supreme Court. That would be a dereliction of my duty.
But what’s the [...]

At a luncheon at the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s headquarters near Capitol Hill (organized by the Heritage Foundation), I asked Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) if there was a Republican game plan ready when the Minnesota Supreme Court makes its ruling in the contested 2008 Minnesota Senate race — if, as many expect, it decides that [...]

Politico teases out whether former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) will abandon his legal campaign to aid Republican filibusters and run for governor in 2010.
“This race is wide open,” said Sarah Janacek, a Republican activist in the state and editor of a newsletter on state politics. “Coleman’s experience, contacts and donor base should not be discounted [...]

In April, The Minnesota Independent reported that state Supreme Court Justice Christopher Dietzen, an appointee of Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.) had made two donations to former Sen. Norm Coleman’s (R-Minn.) 2008 campaign. Dietzen did not recuse himself from the case. Instead, Dietzen said this to Coleman’s lawyers during Monday’s hearing on the Senate race:
You’re offering [...]

The Minnesota Independent’s Paul Demko reports:
[Republican Minnesota Gov.] Tim Pawlenty will announce whether he plans to seek a third term as governor this afternoon. The early word: he’s not running for re-election. Both WCCO (Channel 4) political reporter Pat Kessler and Minnesota Public Radio’s Tom Scheck cite sources that indicate Pawlenty has decided against [...]

Today was a big day in the seemingly never-ending saga that is the 2008 Minnesota Senate race. The Minnesota Supreme Court  heard former GOP Sen. Norm Coleman’s challenge of a previous decision by a three-judge panel that awarded the election to Democratic challenger Al Franken. The Coleman camp is seeking the inclusion of 4,400 previously [...]

Al Franken used a statement on federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court to say he expects to be seated as Minnesota’s junior senator in time for confirmation hearings that President Obama has said should happen in July. “I look forward to joining my colleagues as we examine Judge Sotomayor’s [...]