Minnesota's Challenged Ballots: You Decide
Representatives from the campaigns of Sen. Norm Coleman and Al Franken have been challenging ballots across the state. It's your turn to play electio...
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Recounting 2,920,214 Or More Votes. Live Video Coverage All Day
The Uptake | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics
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Norm Coleman has already claimed victory, but will his 216 vote lead hold up to a recount?
Franken Wins Absentee Ballot Lawsuit
AP | BRIAN BAKST | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics
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ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Minnesota judge has granted a request by Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken for the release of information on voters who...
Bachmann Trashes Obama Cabinet Picks (VIDEO)
Fox News | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics
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Representative Michele Bachmann (R-MN) is up to her old tricks, it would seem. On Hardball in October, the then-freshman representative told Chris M...
MN US Senate Recount Starts Wednesday: Rejected Absentee Ballot Issue To Be Considered
The Uptake | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics
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Tomorrow morning when the recount in Minnesota's very close US Senate race starts the score will be "zero to zero" according to Al Franken's campaign ...
Somali Autism Mom: "We Thought America Was the Last and Best Stop in this World"
David Kirby | Posted 11.18.2008 | Living
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Idil, a Somali mother in Minnesota, told me she had been trying for more than a year to get state officials to pay attention to all the sick kids in the local Somali community. She's now "taking off the gloves."
Al Franken Closes Vote Gap To 200 After Audit
The Uptake | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics
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The audit had some indications that getting more than a hundred county and local government units to follow certain standards and procedures in the anticipated recount may be difficult.
Minneapolis and the Somali Autism Riddle
David Kirby | Posted 11.14.2008 | Living
Why is the reported rate of autism among children of Somali refugees so alarmingly high (now an estimated 1-in-28 schoolchildren)? When I first heard about this phenomenon, my reporter's instinct told me it could be a very big story.
Al Franken Sues Over Absentee Ballots
CNN | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics
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ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) -- Democrat Al Franken's campaign filed a lawsuit Thursday in Ramsey County, Minnesota, requesting the names of all individu...
Election 2008 Odds and Ends -- Waiting for Missouri and Alaska, Pro-Marijuana Initiatives and More...
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics
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We have had a virtual news blackout on what is going on in the two states we're waiting for -- Missouri's presidential results, and Alaska's senatorial results. Here is what I managed to find out.
Friday Talking Points [54] -- Republican Fossilization
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics
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Welcome back to Friday Talking Points. Of course, the big question on everyone's mind right now is: What is going on up in Minnesota? Al Franken is t...
I Wonder If Al Franken Still Is Dismissive of Election Fraud Now
Mark Crispin Miller | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics
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'm trying very hard to keep from gloating inwardly about Al Franken's plight, since, from Election Day, 2004, he has always pointedly denied the evidence of fraud by the Republicans.
Filibuster-Proof Democratic Majority Begins to Line Up in U.S. Senate
Brad Friedman | Posted 11.07.2008 | Home
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Setting aside whether or not a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate is a good or bad thing, the undecided races at this hour are quickly summarized below.
Minnesota Senate Race: Typo Fix Gives Franken 100 More Votes
The Huffington Post | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics
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Local news reports: The vote gap between Senate candidates Norm Coleman and Al Franken fluctuated throughout the day Thursday, with Franken closing t...
Bachmann Praises Obama's Win... Now....
Politico | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics
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After suggesting that Barack Obama had anti-American views in an exchange three weeks ago with MSNBC host Chris Matthews, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Min...
A Long Night's Journey into Day in Minneapolis
Billy Kimball | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics
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Though I lived in Minneapolis for a year to produce Al Franken's radio show, I am not an expert on local politics. But I do know that his Senate contest that was a statistical toss-up on Election Day remains one right now.
Minnesota Voting Booms Thanks To Tight Senate Race
Associated Press | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics
MINNEAPOLIS - Some Minnesota voters saw long lines Tuesday morning and waits of about an hour as they participated in an election that's expected to s...
McCain Campaign Spreads Faulty Information About MN Voting Requirements
The Minnesota Independent | Chris Steller | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics
An e-mail to Minnesotans from the McCain-Palin campaign gets the state's same-day voting requirements wrong. The Minnesota Independent's Andy Birkey s...
What's the Matter with Minnesota?
Win McCormack | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics
Minnesota boasts the first Muslim Congressman in the United Stages, Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison, who has been attacked by conservative Glen Beck, formerly of CNN and now at Fox.
Minnesota 6th Graders Get Out The Vote
David Doody | Posted 11.01.2008 | Home
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A teacher in Northeast Minneapolis and her fifth and sixth graders, frustrated by the fact that they could not vote, hit the streets to register people to vote. Now this seems like the kind of thing we need.
Al Franken, Norm Coleman Senate Election Results?
Huffington Post | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics
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***Check Back For Updates And Results As They Become Available*** The Minnesota Senate race has been a hotly contested one, with polls showing incumb...
Al Franken Sued By Sen. Norm Coleman VIDEO
The Uptake | Posted 10.30.2008 | Home
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Al Franken now has another thing in common with the late Senator Paul Wellstone. They've both been sued by Senator Norm Coleman shortly before an ele...
The Sloppiest McCain Campaign Call You've Heard Yet
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics
Over the past few weeks, we've heard a lot about these phone calls that powerful and inhuman robots have sent screaming through the phonelines into ou...
McCain's Health Care Plan: 20 Million Americans Would Lose Coverage
Kathlyn Stone | Posted 10.28.2008 | Home
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While Obama's health care plan would spend roughly 20 percent more than McCain's, it would cover more people and cost less per capita.
Bachmann Withdraws Pardon Request For Campaign Contributor Tied To $3 Billion Fraud Scheme
St. Cloud Times | Lawrence Schumacher | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics
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U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann wrote a letter last year recommending a federal pardon for a major campaign contributor who was once convicted of felony mo...
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Minnesota Public Radio | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics