Norm Coleman conceded the contentious Minnesota Senate race to failed comedian Al Franken yesterday, after the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Franken the winner. Franken’s win gives the Dems in the Senate a filibuster-proof, 60-seat majority. Just in time for cap and trade, universal health-care and a valiant attempt to audit the Federal Reserve [...]

The controversy-riddled vote recount in the Minnesota Senate race between Democrat Al Franken and Republican Norm Coleman is shining a light on Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, the state’s chief election officer. Ritchie is chairman of the Minnesota Canvassing Board, which on Monday certified that Franken stole received 225 more votes than Coleman [...]

When the 111th Congress convenes in a few minutes (noon today) the U.S. Senate will be a few seats short. Both Roland Burris and Al Franken had planned to be seated today, but that’s not going to happen:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid yielded to Republican threats and agreed on Monday not to immediately seat [...]

Despite having won on November 4th by 725 votes, Republican incumbent Norm Coleman is about to lose his Senate seat today when the Minnesota Canvassing Board announces its final tally. Over the weekend another batch of previously rejected ballots were cast giving challenger Al Franken a slim lead of just a few hundred votes:
Al [...]

It might be 2009, but don’t tell that to Minnesota election officials. They’re still trying to work out the 2008 election for Minnesota’s Senate race and the news continues to worsen for incumbent Norm Coleman in his face-off with SNL alumni Al Franken.
After winning the original election and leading for most of the recount [...]

Bad news for Norm Coleman as the Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled against his request to throw out duplicate votes from heavily Democrat areas. The duplicate ballots came as the result of damaged ballots being fed through the scanners, counting their votes, and then being counted a second time when set aside because they [...]

Sorry, Al. With 99% of the Minnesota senate votes through the recount process, Norm Coleman has maintained his lead over Al Franken. Coleman’s lead is now at 251 votes out of 2.9 million cast. Incredibly close, but a win by 1 vote is still a win.
Despite the recount process being completed today, [...]

After Saxby Chambliss locked up the Georgia Senate race the potential nightmare of a 60-seat Democratic controlled Senate is over. Likewise, the imperative win steal by Dems in the Minnesota Senate recount has abated. Al Franken and his campaign must have missed that news though because they’re still trying to lie and cheat [...]

The recount continues in the intensely close Minnesota Senate race between incumbent Norm Coleman and challenger Al Franken (yes, the guy that used to write for SNL). Coleman lead by 215 after the November 4th election and with 78% of the recount complete he continues to hold a lead of 210 votes.
While things obviously [...]

Despite Al Franken’s best attempts to steal the Minnesota Senate race, the recount launched today with incumbent Norm Coleman at a slim lead of just over 200 votes out of nearly 3 million cast. Franken had attempted to block today’s recount by petitioning the state to include invalid ballots in the count. Besides [...]