MINNEAPOLIS, March 5 (UPI) -- Democrat Al Franken asked Thursday that the election challenge filed in court by Republican Norm Coleman in the Minnesota Senate race be dismissed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says Democrat Al Franken will be seated in the Senate despite whether Republican Norm Coleman files legal appeals.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Al Franken, locked in a marathon recount with Norm Coleman, asked the Minnesota Supreme Court Thursday to direct that he be named a provisional U.S. senator.
ST.PAUL, Minn., Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Democrat Al Franken is challenging a Minnesota law preventing him from being certified as Minnesota's newest U.S. senator.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Minnesota's governor and secretary of state Monday both declined to certify Democratic challenger Al Franken as the winner in the protracted U.S. Senate race.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Democrat Al Franken, the declared winner of the Minnesota U.S. Senate election, has emerged as a top political enemy for Republicans, observers say.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 29 (UPI) -- A statement by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., makes it more likely the Senate could intervene in a Minnesota election, an analyst says.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken will meet with congressional party leaders this week as his Minnesota race is in a recount, a spokeswoman said.
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Funny man Al Franken, comedian, writer and liberal talk-radio personality, has made good on his plan to run for the U.S. Senate from Minnesota in 2008. Franken, who left his Air America radio network show Wednesday, formally announced he will seek the sen
MINNEAPOLIS, May 20 (UPI) -- Comedian and liberal talk-radio host Al Franken has purchased a townhouse in Minneapolis but remains undecided about a U.S. Senate run in Minnesota.