tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/17/2008
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Here's a fun coda to today's exhausting meeting of the Minnesota canvassing board: The Coleman campaign suddenly indicated that it wants to bring back some of their challenges that they'd previously withdrawn -- a development that will probably drag out this process well past the board's ...
senaterecount.startribune.com - 12/18/2008
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RACE AT A GLANCE - Close Resolved challenges
Remaining Current vote totals Coleman Franken Other/ no one...
Coleman Franken Margin Current recount totals 234 64 117 6,742 1,209,169 1,208,811 Coleman by 358 Challenged by Coleman 7 7 6 3,077 Challenged by ...
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Minnesota Senate recount: Take the Franken-Coleman ...
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/18/2008
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Don't look now, but it looks like Al
Franken may win the Minnesota Senate race. A series...
of developments in the last few days have given the very strong impression that Al is suddenly in a position to prevail -- and a resolution of the fight might ...
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Franken The Likely Winner As Minnesota Recount Heads To ...
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... today, visiting Buffalo, Rochester, Tonawanda, and North Tonawanda, and participating in a series of private meetings with local officials. * The mess in Minnesota : "The Coleman campaign suddenly indicated that it wants to bring back some of their challenges that they'd previously withdrawn -- a development that will probably drag out this process well past the board's original goal of finishing by Friday." * Sarah Palin's Wasilla Bible Church really does take a ...
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politico.com 12/23/2008 — Blog: For the first time since the Minnesota Senate recount began, Sen. Norm Coleman briefly talked to a Minneapolis TV station about the recount
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hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com 1/7/2009 — The epic race for the MN senate seat will have yet another chapter before its finale. Republican Sen. Norm Coleman announced today that he'll take the fight for the seat to the state Supreme Court , less than a day after the state canvassing board ...
The Good News for Coleman...
fivethirtyeight.com 1/7/2009 — ...is that the Minnesota Supreme Court's order (.pdf) today didn't make any judgment whatsoever about the merits of Coleman's case on absentee ballots. It merely said that the time to resolve these things is during an election contest, not during the ...
Coleman: I'm Going To Court
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/6/2009 — Norm Coleman has made it official: He is filing a lawsuit to challenge the election result in Minnesota, which he does not believe to be a valid count -- and he is making clear that for the sake democracy, Al Franken should not be seated in the ...
Coleman Campaign Rejects Election Official's Ballot
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/31/2008 — Norm Coleman's efforts to win the Minnesota recount really have turned into a total farce: The Star Tribune reports that the Coleman campaign has objected to counting of a particular absentee ballot envelope -- which just so happens to be the vote ...
Minn. court weighs rejected absentee ballots —
msnbc.com: Politics 12/17/2008
Republican Sen. Norm Coleman went before the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to block improperly rejected absentee ballots from Minnesota's U.S. Senate recount, with his lawyer warning that justices must act to prevent a repeat of the tortured 2000 ...
Down the ballot: Recount, Day 3 —
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COLORADO: Hispanic groups are happy that Ken Salazar is in the cabinet, but upset that the Senate has lost an Hispanic in the Senate and is pushing the Colorado governor to appoint another Hispanic to the seat. ...