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Senate election trial to start Jan. 26

ST. PAUL - Minnesota's U.S. Senate election goes on trial in about a week. A three-judge panel presiding over Norm Coleman's election lawsuit on Friday set a brisk timeline for...

news Sat, Jan 17, 2009 - 12:00am

Senate race lawsuits

Three lawsuits are pending in Minnesota's prolonged U.S. Senate race. Here's a summary: -- Norm Coleman sued to the challenge the election outcome one day after the state Canvassing Board...

news Thu, Jan 15, 2009 - 12:00am

Bethany Dorobiala of Woodbury is among Republican voters who plan to file a lawsuit hoping to prevent the double-counting of ballots in the U.S. Senate race. Dorobiala, a University of Minnesota student, leads the Minnesota College Republicans.

Frustrated voters turn to courts

ST. PAUL - June Srok doesn't understand why a minor error prevented her vote from being counted. Srok, 75, said she voted absentee last year because she was injured. Her...

news Thu, Jan 15, 2009 - 12:00am

Al Franken, with wife Franni, tells reporters gathered outside his Minneapolis home that he is "the next senator from Minnesota," following the state Canvassing Board's Monday certification of the Senate recount results.

Franken wants election certificate

By Scott Wente St. Paul Capitol Bureau ST. PAUL -- Al Franken's campaign wants him granted an election certificate even as the U.S. Senate results are challenged in court. That...

Tue, Jan 13, 2009 - 12:00am

Franken request rejected; trial judges named

ST. PAUL - Norm Coleman went to the state's high court and Al Franken may do the same. Franken's campaign hinted Monday it could go to the Minnesota Supreme Court...

news Tue, Jan 13, 2009 - 12:00am

Al Franken, with wife Franni, tells reporters gathered outside his Minneapolis home that he is "the next senator from Minnesota," following the state Canvassing Board's Monday certification of the Senate recount results.

Franken vote certified, but court to decide

ST. PAUL - Norm Coleman declared victory the morning after the Nov. 4 election. Al Franken claimed victory Monday, when a statewide U.S.

news Tue, Jan 06, 2009 - 12:00am

Norm Coleman

Coleman challenges recount in court

ST. PAUL - Norm Coleman will go to the courts in hopes of returning to the U.S.

news Tue, Jan 06, 2009 - 12:00am

Court rejects Coleman request

ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Supreme Court dismissed Norm Coleman's request to have more absentee ballots considered in the U.S. Senate recount he is trailing to Democrat Al Franken. The...

news Mon, Jan 05, 2009 - 12:00am

State Director of Elections Gary Poser, left, and Tony Trimble, a recount attorney for Sen. Norm Coleman, discuss a ballot during the state Canvassing Board's Tuesday hearing. Marc Elias, an attorney for Al Franken, is in the background.

Franken lead at 50; absentee ballots remain

ST. PAUL - Al Franken increased his slim lead over Sen. Norm Coleman by a few votes this morning as another phase of the U.S.

news Tue, Dec 30, 2008 - 12:00am

Democrat Al Franken stands in front of reporters with his wife, Franni, in this file photo.

Coleman leads, but recount required

ST. PAUL - Minnesotans who endured a lengthy U.S. Senate race now could be forced to wait into December, or longer, to see who actually won. Republican U.S. Sen. Norm...

news Thu, Nov 06, 2008 - 12:00am

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