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Tom Emmer drops 2,580 frivolous ballot challenges

By Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent

Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer withdrew 2,580 ballot challenges over the weekend after the State Canvassing Board gave the go-ahead for the campaigns to evaluate those frivolous bal

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News Day: GM in MN / Franken-Coleman blow-by-blow / Health care saga / more

By Mary Turck, News Day blog
We’re trying out a new format – headlines here, individual articles when you click on individual headlines, or the entire blog on one page when you click on the MORE »

MN Supreme Court hears Franken-Coleman contest

By Paul Demko, Minnesota Independent

Norm Coleman and Al Franken (Photos: WDCpix.com)

Every ballot tells a story. Or maybe it doesn’t.
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News Day: Michelle Bachmann, Norm Coleman / Health care in jeopardy / Swine flu updates / more

By Mary Turck, News Day blog
Mad Michelle Minute Minnesota Independent chronicles the latest BachmaMORE »

Specter switches, making 60 Democrats in Senate — with Franken

By Chris Steller, Minnesota Independent
Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter announced today that he is switching from the Republican to the Democratic Party and will run for re-election as a Democrat in 2010. That means Minnesota’s empty U.S.MORE »

And then there were two? Recusals in Coleman case could whittle state high court below quorum

By Chris Steller, Minnesota Independent
Pinch hitters could be called up to help the Minnesota Supreme Court handle Norm Coleman’s election-contest appeal if more justices recuse themselves.

Two of the seven high-court justices MORE »

News Day: Court: Franken won, and not one of Coleman’s claims was legit / Cops and fairy tales / Mpls Somali news / more

By Mary Turck, News Day blog
Franken won, and not one of Coleman's claims was legit In a 68-page opinion (PDF), tMORE »

Court: Franken won, and Minnesotans "should be proud of their election system"

By Mary Turck, TC Daily Planet
Franken won. That's the conclusion of the 68-page ruling handed down Monday evening by the three-judge recount court, completing their work.MORE »

Pawlenty hems, haws on if he’ll OK new senator after state high court rules

By Chris Steller, Minnesota Independent
Gov. Tim Pawlenty says he might not sign an election certificate to seat Democrat Al Franken or Republican Norm Coleman in the U.S.MORE »

News Day: Budget as moral document / Pork on the hill / Tax analysis / Take two aspirin / more

Budget as moral document "We're in this together," Rev. Peter Rogness, bishop of the St.MORE »
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