Al Franken wins Minnesota Senate Seat
The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled today that Democrat Al Franken has won the states disputed Senate seat following an eight-month long fight against former Republican Senator Norm Coleman, June 30, 2009. Franken is pictured in as he speaks to the media after receiving the USO-Merit Award at the USO Annual Awards dinner in Arlington, Virginia on March 25, 2009. (UPI Photo/Alexis Glenn/Files
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CHISHOLM, Minn., July 5 (UPI) -- Residents of northern Minnesota's Iron Range say they know Democrat Al Franken, waiting to be sworn in as Minnesota's new U.S. senator, will do well in the job.
ST. PAUL, Minn., June 1 (UPI) -- Five Minnesota Supreme Court justices are set to decide the outcome of the 2008 U.S. Senate race between Democrat Al Franken and Republican Norm Coleman.
MINNEAPOLIS, May 15 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman's legal team filed final briefs with the Minnesota Supreme Court in the protracted battle for the state's second Senate seat.
ST. PAUL, Minn., May 12 (UPI) -- Variations in how counties handled absentee ballots in a U.S. Senate recount were constitutional, Democrat Al Franken told the Minnesota Supreme Court.
ST. PAUL, Minn., April 15 (UPI) -- A poll released Wednesday reveals Minnesotans, by and large, want Republican Norm Coleman to concede the state's U.S. Senate race to Democrat Al Franken.
MINNEAPOLIS, April 13 (UPI) -- A three-judge panel ruled Monday that Democrat Al Franken defeated Republican Norm Coleman in Minnesota's 2008 U.S. Senate race.
WASHINGTON, April 5 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., should take his election recount lawsuit all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, Republican senators say.
ST. PAUL, Minn., March 31 (UPI) -- A three-judge panel ruled Tuesday that 400 absentee ballots in Minnesota's contested U.S. Senate race should be examined to see if they are valid.
WASHINGTON, March 30 (UPI) -- A top U.S. Senate Republican says it's OK by him if it takes years to settle Minnesota's Senate contest between Democrat Al Franken and Republican Norm Coleman.
ST. PAUL, Minn., March 10 (UPI) -- Attorneys for Democrat Al Franken say they will rest their case provisionally Wednesday in his U.S. Senate recount contest with Republican Norm Coleman.
