politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 2/16/2009
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Al Franken held a slim lead over former Republican Sen. Norm Coleman after the statewide recount was complete.
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) – The fight over Minnesota's Senate seat is still making its way through the legal system, but Democrat Al Franken's staff on Monday began publicly calling him "Senator-elect."
Franken has yet to be issued a [...]
balloon-juice.com - 2/23/2009
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balloon-juice.com —
I’ve been following the Franken-Coleman legal proceedings pretty
closely and everything I’ve read suggests that Franken is...
getting the better end of it and will be certified in the next few months. So where the hell does this come from ? ...
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Say what?
voices.washingtonpost.com - 2/10/2009
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voices.washingtonpost.com —
The Election Contest brought before the 3-Judge Panel
by Loser-elect Norm Coleman has been ripe with courtroom...
moments funnier than some clips on America's Funniest Home Videos. One Coleman witness got caught Perjuring himself and became giddy ...
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Franken's Official Title: "You Can Call Me Al"
TPM Election Central —
... Franken told CNN that he doesn't insist that people address him as Senator-elect -- but that it isn't inaccurate, either. "I won the recount," said the apparent-provisional-sort-of-Senator-elect. "You can call me Al." ...
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fivethirtyeight.com 12/22/2008 — Missed this story yesterday, but: Al Franken’s campaign is as close to declaring victory as it has throughout the weeks-long recount in the Minnesota Senate race. Franken’s campaign attorney Marc Elias said he expects Franken to be leading Sen. Norm ...
Coleman to judges: Reconsider your ruling —
CNN Political Ticker 2/16/2009
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) — Republican Norm Coleman's attorneys Monday sent a letter to the court asking the judges to reconsider a ruling from Friday, which put significant limits on the types of rejected absentee ballots the attorneys want ...
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MINNESOTA: The big news from Friday in the never-ending recount: “Dealing a blow but not a knockout to Republican Norm Coleman's hopes, the judges in the U.S. Senate election trial on Friday tossed out most of the 19 categories of rejected absentee ...
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