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Political notebook: Gay marriage debate set Tuesday in committees
By Don Davis Gay advocates have lobbied for allow same-sex marriages for years, but they made little progress. That appears ready to change Tuesday when House and Senate committees will hear bills...
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Senate race ballot review could take weeks
Note to Minnesotans: Get comfortable because the U.S. Senate election trial is going to take a while.By Scott Wente , February 05, 2009
Judges to examine disputed ballots
Judges deciding Minnesota’s U.S. Senate election trial indicated today that they will review individual absentee ballots as part of the proceeding.By Scott Wente , February 04, 2009
Millions spent in Senate recount
Al Franken and Norm Coleman are spending millions in the ongoing U.S. Senate fight.By Scott Wente , February 03, 2009
Senate trial begins Week 2
The U.S. Senate election contest bore into absentee voting policies today as the trial entered a second week.By Scott Wente , February 02, 2009
Voters at center of Senate trial's early days
It is about voters, not the candidates, Norm Coleman’s campaign argued in the opening week of Minnesota’s Senate election trial.By Scott Wente , February 01, 2009
Thousands of ballots at play in Senate trial
Minnesota’s historic U.S. Senate election trial, to start Monday, in some ways may resemble popular television courtroom dramas.By Scott Wente , January 24, 2009
Senate election trial to start January 26
Minnesota’s U.S. Senate election goes on trial in about a week. A three-judge panel presiding over Norm Coleman’s election lawsuit on Friday set a brisk timeline for legal filings leading up to a January 26 trial opening.By By Scott Wente, State Capitol Bureau , January 21, 2009
Senate election trial to start January 26
Minnesota’s U.S. Senate election goes on trial in about a week. A three-judge panel presiding over Norm Coleman’s election lawsuit has set a brisk timeline for legal filings leading up to a January 26 trial opening. On Wednesday, the panel will consider a request by Al Franken to throw out Coleman’s lawsuit.By Scott Wente , January 19, 2009
Frustrated voters turn to courts
June Srok doesn’t understand why a minor error prevented her vote from being counted.By By Scott Wente, State Capitol Bureau , January 16, 2009
Franken request rejected; trial judges named
Norm Coleman went to the state’s high court and Al Franken may do the same. Franken’s campaign hinted Monday it could go to the Minnesota Supreme Court to obtain an election certificate after a bipartisan pair of state officials refused to issue a signed certificate.By Scott Wente , January 13, 2009
Franken wants election certificate
Al Franken’s campaign wants him granted an election certificate even as Minnesota’s U.S. Senate results are challenged in court. That certificate could allow him to be seated in the Senate.By Scott Wente , January 12, 2009
Senate race long ways from over
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. Coleman, whose term as senator ended Saturday, is going to court in his bid to win the drawn-out race and a second term.By Scott Wente , January 07, 2009
Coleman makes statement
Norm Coleman, until last Saturday a U.S. Senator, read this statement at a St. Paul news conference Tuesday.January 07, 2009
Franken: 'I will work hard to earn your confidence'
U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken delivered a statement Monday afternoon, following a state board's certification that he won a statewide recount.January 06, 2009
Coleman challenges recount in court
Norm Coleman will go to the courts in hopes of returning to the U.S. Senate. Coleman announced this afternoon his campaign will contest the results of the statewide recount that gave him 225 fewer votes than Democrat Al Franken.By Scott Wente , January 05, 2009
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