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State's high court questions Franken request

By Scott Wente St. Paul Capitol Bureau ST. PAUL - Minnesota Supreme Court justices asked why they should order that Al Franken be given an election certificate before the U.S...

Fri, Feb 06, 2009 - 12:00am

Judges Elizabeth Hayden, center, and Kurt Marben listen Tuesday as Coleman attorney Joe Friedberg, left, and Franken attorney David Lillehaug approach the bench during the U.S. Senate election trial.

Pool photo by Ben Garvin, Pioneer Press - Minn. State Capitol Bureau

Judges set ballot limit

ST. PAUL - A judicial panel could review at least 5,000 uncounted absentee ballots for counting in the U.S. Senate election trial. Judges ruled Tuesday Norm Coleman can argue to...

news Wed, Feb 04, 2009 - 12:00am

Franken attorney Kevin Hamilton shows documents during the U.S. Senate election trial Monday in an attempt to establish that human error and other problems are common at polling stations.

Millions spent in Senate recount

ST. PAUL -- Al Franken and Norm Coleman are spending millions in the ongoing U.S. Senate fight. The campaigns raised more than $3 million and burned through nearly as much...

Tue, Feb 03, 2009 - 12:00am

Senate trial begins Week 2

ST. PAUL - The U.S. Senate election contest bore into absentee voting policies today as the trial entered a second week. The Norm Coleman and Al Franken campaigns returned to...

news Mon, Feb 02, 2009 - 12:00am

Senate candidates take different trial approach

By Scott Wente St.Paul Capitol Bureau ST. PAUL - Norm Coleman has a job but sat in a courtroom watching judges decide whether he will get a different job. Al...

Sat, Jan 31, 2009 - 12:00am

Attorney Joe Friedberg shows Deputy Secretary of State Jim Gelbmann an absentee ballot document on Wednesday, the third day of the U.S. Senate election trial. Gelbmann, a Woodbury resident, testified about how absentee ballots were handled during the Senate recount. Friedberg is an attorney for Norm Coleman, pictured at right. Trial pool photo by Richard Sennott, Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Campaigns seize on testimony

Scott Wente St. Paul Capitol Bureau ST.

Fri, Jan 30, 2009 - 12:00am

Monday P.M. UPDATE -- Coleman: Include thousands in Senate tally

By Scott Wente St. Paul Capitol Bureau ST. PAUL -- An estimated 5,000 uncounted ballots should be included in the U.S. Senate election tally to avoid problems seen in Florida's...

Tue, Jan 27, 2009 - 12:00am

A three-judge panel of Stearns County Judge Elizabeth Hayden, from left left, Pennington County Assistant Chief Judge Kurt Marben and Hennepin County Assistant Chief Judge Denise Reilly listen to opening arguments made by the Franken and Coleman campaigns at the Minnesota Judicial Center in St. Paul on Monday.

Counties to supply ballots in Senate trial

ST. PAUL - Three judges are handling the U.S.

news Tue, Jan 27, 2009 - 12:00am

Senate trial opens with campaigns' arguments

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota's U.S. Senate election goes on trial today. Attorneys for Norm Coleman and Al Franken this afternoon will make opening statements to three judges presiding over Coleman's...

Mon, Jan 26, 2009 - 12:00am

Senate trial case may resemble TV court dramas ...

By Scott Wente St. Paul Capitol Bureau ST. PAUL - Minnesota's historic U.S. Senate election trial, to start Monday, in some ways may resemble popular television courtroom dramas. "This is...

Sun, Jan 25, 2009 - 12:00am

Coleman takes new job

By Don Davis St. Paul Capitol Bureau Norm Coleman still wants to return as a Minnesota U.S. senator, but until then has another job. The Republican Jewish Coalition today announced...

Fri, Jan 23, 2009 - 12:00am

Norm Coleman got a warm reception when he spoke Thursday at the Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life rally at the Capitol. He had returned from a trip to Washington. Coleman and his attorneys are preparing for an upcoming U.S. Senate election trial. Photo by Scott Wente, St.Paul Capitol Bureau.

Panel rejects Franken's dismissal request

Coleman leaves open legal options Scott Wente swente@forumcomm.com ST. PAUL -- Norm Coleman is confident he will return to the U.S. Senate, but will not rule out further lawsuits if...

Fri, Jan 23, 2009 - 12:00am

Norm Coleman and Gov. Tim Pawlenty chat Thursday outside the Minnesota Capitol. Across the street, Coleman's attorneys argued before a three-judge panel that they should be able to inspect ballots in 86 precincts around the state in preparation for Coleman's upcoming Senate election trial.

Coleman leaves open legal options

ST. PAUL -- Norm Coleman is confident he will return to the U.S. Senate, but will not rule out further lawsuits if a state election trial does not send him...

news Fri, Jan 23, 2009 - 12:00am

Case continues as candidates court donors

ST. PAUL - The U.S. Senate campaigns are in court while the candidates are in Washington. As courtroom proceedings begin today in Norm Coleman's case challenging the Senate election results,...

news Wed, Jan 21, 2009 - 12:00am

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

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