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    June 25, 2009
    Nevis pig race will decide Coleman/Franken Senate race
    BEMIDJI, Minn. -- Minnesota's long-running U.S. Senate will be decided July 5 in Nevis. Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken will see their battle decided by surrogates -- pigs -- in a race tp the finish. The "pork barrel race" to end the Coleman/Franken election is part...
    newsJune 25, 2009 - 7:18am
    June 2, 2009
    Former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman, his wife Laurie by his side, smiles Monday while facing reporters following a Minnesota Supreme Court hearing over his election race with Al Franken. Don Davis - Minn. State Capitol Bureau
    Justices examine rural-urban Senate vote differences
    ST. PAUL - Five Minnesota Supreme Court justices must decide whether thousands of greater Minnesota voters' absentee ballots were unfairly rejected...
    newsJune 2, 2009 - 7:16am
    May 28, 2009
    Fritz Knaak, Afton's city attorney, is also one of the attorneys working on Sen. Norm Coleman's U.S. Senate election recount case against Al Franken. The Minnesota Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in the case on June 1. Submitted photo
    Afton city attorney is a major player in Senate recount
    Afton city attorney Fritz Knaak may have his work cut out for him in Afton, but there is another case currently commanding his attention -- Minnesota's...
    newsMay 28, 2009 - 4:18pm
    April 23, 2009
    Coleman seeks longer appeal schedule
    ST. PAUL - Norm Coleman proposes that his and Al Franken's campaigns have until mid-May to file written arguments in the U.S. Senate election case headed for a Minnesota Supreme Court appeal. Attorneys for Coleman wrote to the high court Wednesday that "the parties, and the court,...
    newsApril 23, 2009 - 8:01am
    April 21, 2009
    Coleman appeals election to high court
    ST. PAUL - Norm Coleman wants the state's highest court to reverse his U.S. Senate election loss. The former Republican senator appealed to the Minnesota Supreme Court Monday, hoping it will overturn a special judicial panel's ruling that declared Democrat Al Franken the winner. Coleman's...
    newsApril 21, 2009 - 7:53am
    April 20, 2009
    U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman, with his wife Laurie, accepts Minnesotans' decision to elect him to a second term the morning of Nov. 5, 2008. However, a statewide recount ended up with Al Franken the winner. Don Davis/Minn. State Capitol Bureau
    Coleman relies on 'equal protection' argument
    ST. PAUL - Norm Coleman says a constitutional principle, ensuring all voters are treated equally, drives his continuing U.S. Senate election...
    newsApril 20, 2009 - 7:27am
    March 4, 2009
    Al Franken attorney Kevin Hamilton helps witness Emily Patton, who said she is legally blind, during the U.S. Senate election trial Tuesday. Patton was among voters whose absentee ballots were rejected in the election. Pool photo by Bruce Bisping, Star Tribune
    Coleman hints at new election
    ST. PAUL - Norm Coleman says it may not be possible for the U.S. Senate election trial judges to determine who won the race, adding there is...
    newsMarch 4, 2009 - 8:06am
    February 27, 2009
    Former Sen. Norm Coleman, right, looks on as his attorneys, Joe Friedberg, left, and Tony Trimble read a court order on Thursday in the Senate election trial. Pool photo by Jim Mone, Associated Press
    Counties ordered to check ballots
    ST. PAUL - Judges in the Senate election trial want county officials' help. The court on Thursday ordered 63 counties and some cities to examine...
    newsFebruary 27, 2009 - 8:00am
    February 24, 2009
    U.S. Senate election trial judges Denise Riley, from left, Elizabeth Hayden and Kurt Marben talk with attorneys for Norm Coleman and Al Franken during the trial Monday. Pool photo by John Doman, Pioneer Press
    Coleman nears end of case
    ST. PAUL - Al Franken's campaign wants to remove a pile of northwestern Minnesota ballots from the U.S. Senate election tally as Norm Coleman's...
    newsFebruary 24, 2009 - 7:44am
    February 9, 2009
    Al Franken said Friday he has decided to prepare to be a U.S. senator by talking to lawmakers and others instead of attending the election trial that could decide who Minnesota voters chose as their next senator. Staff photo by Scott Wente
    Candidates plan differently for Senate
    ST. PAUL -- Al Franken says he is getting in the know, but Norm Coleman says he already knows. Each U.S. Senate candidate says he is poised...
    newsFebruary 9, 2009 - 12:00am
    January 29, 2009
    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. Pool photo by Richard Sennott, Star Tribune.
    Campaigns seize on man's testimony
    ST. PAUL - Attorneys for Norm Coleman and Al Franken each claim one man's testimony boosted their case, but he said the court, not a campaign,...
    newsJanuary 29, 2009 - 12:00am
    January 27, 2009
    Former Sen. Norm Coleman sits in a courtroom in the Minnesota Judicial Center Monday, before the start of his lawsuit challenging the results of the U.S. Senate recount. Photo by media pool photographer Ben Garvin, St. Paul Pioneer Press
    Coleman: Include thousands in Senate tally
    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 2000...
    newsJanuary 27, 2009 - 12:00am
    January 23, 2009
    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. Staff photo by Scott Wente
    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...
    newsJanuary 23, 2009 - 12:00am
    January 15, 2009
    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. Staff photo by Scott Wente
    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...
    newsJanuary 15, 2009 - 12:00am
    January 7, 2009
    Norm Coleman, with his wife Laurie, announces on Tuesday that he ordered his lawyers to challenge Al Franken's U.S. Senate victory in court. Franken ended a statewide recount with a 225-vote lead. Staff photo by Don Davis
    Senate race long ways from over
    ST. PAUL -- Al Franken entered halftime of Minnesota's U.S. Senate race in the lead, but Norm Coleman is hoping for a come-from-behind victory....
    newsJanuary 7, 2009 - 12:00am
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