Minnesota Senate Recount, Update III
powerlineblog.com 11/22/2008 — The Senate recount continues in Minnesota; well over half of all ballots will have been recounted by the end of the day. Challenges are increasing from both campaigns and tempers seem to be fraying, with the campaigns holding dueling press ...

TAKING THE SENATE: Al Franken for Minnesota
culturekitchen.com 11/3/2008 — Minnesota is a key state in determining the make up of the US Senate this year. Incumbemt Norm Coleman is mired in several scandals for taking gifts, favors and vacations from lobbyists (explicitly against Senate ethics rules). His opponent, Al ...

The Recount Is Over
powerlineblog.com 12/7/2008 — With all votes now recounted, Norm Coleman has been re-elected to the Senate. I think. The Minnesota Secretary of State shows Coleman leading by 687 votes with 99.98% of precincts reporting--all but one. The Minneapolis Star Tribune shows Coleman ...

Minnesota Recount: Looking grim for Franken
hotair.com 12/1/2008 — Read this post »

TheHill.com
thehill.com 12/3/2008 — Minnesota Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken’s campaign said Wednesday that the comedian has taken the lead in his race against Sen. Norm Coleman (R). Franken’s lawyer, Marc Elias, has been pressing for the media to focus on the campaign’s ...

Coleman vs. Franken: Recount looms
startribune.com 11/5/2008 — Sen. Norm Coleman is leading Democratic challenger Al Franken in one of the most bitter U.S. Senate races in Minnesota history. With 99 percent of the 4,130 precincts reporting, Coleman maintains an unofficial margin of less than 800 votes out of ...

Franken-Coleman Recount Update, 12/18/08: Now You Know Why Norm Didn’t Want A Recount
firedoglake.com 12/19/2008 — Ever since the evening of November 4, Norm Coleman and his surrogates have pushed two (2) themes: That he won the election fair and square with no recount needed, and that Evil Al Franken and his Icky Lawyers would, if a recount was allowed to ...

Senate recount: It's unlikely Coleman will win in court
minnpost.com 1/8/2009 — Senate recount: It's unlikely Coleman will win in court By Eric Black | Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009 Norm Coleman's statement announcing that he would contest the election result struck the right tone. But it seems unlikely that the courts will ...

Counting Minnesota & Watching the Watchers
bradblog.com 11/21/2008 — We've predicted since Election Day that Al Franken's chances of winning the U.S. Senate seat in Minnesota are excellent. News tonight , out of the state where a manual count of the paper ballots began today, may already be bearing out that ...

Minnesota is the new Florida
the-reaction.blogspot.com 11/10/2008 — By Michael J.W. Stickings Well, not exactly. I mean, it's not like the outcome of the presidential election depends on the outcome of Minnesota's Senate election or anything, but, still, the extremely close race between Republican Norm Coleman ...

Coleman edges Al Franken in Minn. Senate race (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/5/2008
AP - Republican Norm Coleman outlasted Democrat Al Franken in one of Minnesota's tightest Senate elections ever, squeaking past the former comedian early Wednesday by a margin that appeared certain to trigger a recount.

Minn. Senate race uncalled by AP (Politico) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/5/2008
Politico - After one of the most negative campaigns in Minnesota history, Republican Sen. Norm Coleman appears to have defeated comedian Al Franken by fewer than 1,000 votes in one of the nation’s most closely watched senate battles.

AP Uncalls Minnesota Senate Race — TIME.com Top Politics Stories 11/5/2008
Republican Sen. Norm Coleman finished ahead of Democrat Al Franken early Wednesday in the final vote count, but his 571-vote margin falls within the state's mandatory recount law

Senate Races Hang in Balance; Democrats Gain — NYT > Politics 11/5/2008
Ted Stevens of Alaska had a narrow lead, while the race in Minnesota appeared to be headed for a recount. >

The outstanding Senate contests — First Read 11/5/2008
From NBC's Mark MurrayMINNESOTA.Given that the current margin separating Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken is some 690 votes, we're headed for an automatic recount. Democrats tell NBC News that this recount could ...