rasmussenreports.com - 3/5/2009
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Forty-seven percent (47%) of Minnesota voters now believe Democrat Al Franken has been elected to the U.S. Senate in a race so close that it’s been working its way through the state’s court system for the last four months. Thirty-five percent (35%) believe incumbent Republican Senator Norm ...
minnpost.com - 3/7/2009
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minnpost.com —
In rejecting Al Franken's request for an election
certificate, the Minnesota Supreme Court may have also thrown...
him a bone. Specifically, the justices, writing unanimously, apparently tipped their hand on on how they will rule on the question of ...
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Franken may have won by losing at MN Supreme Court
startribune.com - 3/7/2009
cqpolitics.com - 3/7/2009
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cqpolitics.com —
A state court decision Friday ensured that there
will be no declared winner in Minnesota’s disputed 2008...
Senate election until a state judicial panel rules on vote-counting disputes, which have delayed a final outcome for more than four months. The ...
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Coleman Court Case Will Run Course as Franken Petition ...
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Minn. voters slightly favor revote; more think Franken won
News —
... Almost half of Minnesotans believe Democrat Al Franken won the still-contested Minnesota Senate race, while a smaller number believe GOP Sen. Norm Coleman was the victor, though the state is split on the possibility of a revote. 47 percent of Minnesota voters say that Franken took the race, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll released Thursday. 35 percent believe Coleman, who has been contesting Franken's lead as certified by a state board for almost two months, won the election. 18 percent of voters said they were unsure. More Minnesotans supported a "do-over" on the ...
First Poll Of Revote Issue In Minnesota: It's Split Down The Middle
TPM Election Central —
... We now have our first poll in a long time out of Minnesota, from Rasmussen, testing what people think of the never-ending Senate race -- and it raises as many questions as it answers. ...
Memewatch: revote in MN
Balloon Juice —
... write in favor of a revote in Minnesota. Now Rasumssen is out with a small sample poll in which a small plurality favors revote and the Politico is ...
Minnesota: Nothing Proven?
The Corner on National Review Online —
... : Coleman, who rested his case this week, hasn't proved there are more votes for him than for Franken, the Democrat's attorneys said. Of the thousands of rejected absentee ballots Coleman has said should be counted, he has brought proper evidence only that nine should be counted. Nine votes? Coleman's side calls it "fuzzy math." (If true, it would mean there's been some amazingly bad lawyering.) Meanwhile, a Rasmussen polls shows that an incredible 46 percent plurality of Minnesotans think there should be a re-vote, even though most believe that Franken has won. ...
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abcnews.go.com 1/5/2009 — Two months after Minnesota voters went to the polls, Democrat Al Franken has been declared the winner of the U.S. Senate race, but his opponent, Republican incumbent Norm Coleman, is ready to challenge the results in court. Franken, the comedian and ...
Downballot: 99.99% of the time —
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MINNESOTA: The recount trial continues. Yesterday, Al Franken's legal team brought forward a parade of people who say their votes may have been wrongly rejected in the U.S. Senate race. But Franken attorney Marc Elias said those voters were the ...
Franken: Throw out Coleman suit —
First Read 3/5/2009
From NBC's Domenico MontanaroAl Franken's getting pretty impatient with all this recount business.
Now on Day 121, Franken filed a motion to dismiss Norm Coleman's lawsuit challenging the results of the recount.
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Downballot: No end in sight. —
First Read 3/6/2009
MINNESOTA: “Democrat Al Franken called Thursday for dismissal of Republican Norm Coleman's lawsuit challenging the Minnesota Senate recount, saying the fight had gone on long enough and Coleman hadn't proved his case,” the Minneapolis Star-Tribune ...
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