Norm Coleman

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Election Coverage from MPR

Challenged ballots: You be the judge

It's your turn to be an election official. Decide which candidate gets to count the vote from these ballots, or not. (11/19/2008)

Officials say first day of recount off to smooth start

Local election officials throughout Minnesota said there was a mostly smooth start today to the manual recount of votes in the U.S. Senate race between incumbent Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken. (11/19/2008)

Recount begins at county level

Election officials throughout Minnesota have begun recounting nearly three million ballots to determine who won the U.S. Senate race. (11/19/2008)

Canvassing Board to make decision on rejected absentee ballots

The State Canvassing Board is expected to order a recount in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race when it meets today Tuesday in St. Paul. Democrat Al Franken's campaign will also make a last ditch plea that the board examine rejected absentee ballots before certifying the race results. (11/18/2008)

Minn. board may act on voided absentee ballots

The head of a key board in Minnesota's unsettled Senate election says the panel might hear a dispute over whether to reconsider some rejected absentee ballots. (11/14/2008)

Secretary of State's office outlines rules for Senate recount

The Minnesota Secretary of State's office is giving election officials across the state some direction on how to conduct next week's recount in the U.S. Senate race. (11/14/2008)

Judge throws out Coleman ad complaint

A judge has dismissed a legal complaint filed by Sen. Norm Coleman against his Democratic opponent, Al Franken, over a claim in a Franken TV commercial. (11/13/2008)

Key panel named in Minn. Senate recount

The jury that will rule on disputed ballots in the Minnesota Senate recount includes the Democratic secretary of state, two Supreme Court justices appointed by a Republican governor and two district judges whose politics are harder to gauge. (11/12/2008)

Kids also voted, and they favored Obama, Franken

President-elect Barack Obama didn't just win Minnesota's electoral votes last week; he also won the kids' vote. (11/12/2008)

Senate campaigns amassing attorneys and more money

Both the Franken and Coleman campaigns say they're working on amassing hundreds of attorneys and volunteers to monitor the counting, while campaign finance laws will now allow maxed-out contributors to donate to the campaigns again. (11/11/2008)

Candidate snapshot

Party: Republican

Biography

Date of Birth: 08/17/1949

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, N.Y.

Education: JD, Univeristy of Iowa College of Law, 1976;
BA, Political Science, Hofstra University, 1971

Positions Held: U.S. Senator, 2002-present;
Mayor, St. Paul, Minn, 1993-2001

Business/Professional Experience: Minnesota Attorney General's Office, 1976-1993

Religion: Jewish

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