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Norm Coleman Says He Won't Run for Minnesota Governor
By David Sessions - Politics DailyFormer senator and 1998 Republican gubernatorial candidate Norm Coleman said Sunday that he will not make another run for governor of Minnesota, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports. "This is not the right time for me and my family to conduct a campaign for Governor," Coleman wrote in a Facebook post. "The timing on this race is both a bit too soon and a bit too late." Coleman, who lost a highly contested Senate race to Al Franken last year, was expected to announce that he would enter the upcoming gubernatorial contest. In addition to his years in the Senate, he has served as the mayor of ...
Coleman Leads Republican Pack if He Seeks GOP Nod for Governor
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyFormer Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman, who lost a contentious race to Democrat Al Franken following a vote count that dragged on for months, leads a field of Republicans for the GOP nomination for governor, while no Democrat has emerged as the frontrunner in their match-ups, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Nov. 10. ...
The Pressure's On for Franken, Senate Democrats
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyDemocrat Al Franken's belated, 312-vote, court-facilitated victory in the Minnesota Senate race certainly eases the pressure on fellow Democrat Amy Klobuchar, who has been the state's only senator since January. But the resolution of the race means the pressure's on in other ways. ...
My Cousin Al, and the Myth of a Filibuster-Proof Senate
By Bob Franken - Politics DailyIt looks like Washington is going to finally have to face the truly big question, which is, of course, whether this town is big enough for two Frankens.(After the Minnesota Supreme Court Tuesday declared Al Franken the winner in the disputed Senate race, rival Norm Coleman conceded.)Yes, Al and I are distant cousins. But since he began his quest for the Senate way back when, we have studiously avoided any contact whatsoever. This is a case where water is thicker than blood. There was no way we could reconcile his commitment to Democratic politics and my commitment to journalistic disdain for ...
Coleman Concedes Election to Franken
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailySeven months after his battle to defend his U.S. Senate seat, Norm Coleman has conceded the election to his Democratic opponent. "I join all Minnesotans in congratulating our newest United States Senator, Al Franken," he said Tuesday. In a unanimous decision, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled in favor of Franken and against Coleman in the ongoing dispute over the results of the November 2008 Senate election. Although some Republicans had held out hope that Coleman would appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, Coleman said he will not challenge the state court's ruling. "I respect its decision and ...
Republicans Ready to Take Franken to Supreme Court
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyIf Al Franken wins the election recount case that is currently before the Minnesota Supreme Court, the Republican Party is ready to fight for their candidate, Norm Coleman, all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court."The United States Supreme Court has said we need uniform state standards in elections. This is about the constitutional rights of Minnesota voters," Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said. Cornyn said the case should go to the nation's highest court, if necessary. "This is about the legitimacy of elections." The senator chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee and answered questions ...
Norm Coleman's Office Available for Lease
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyAs the Minnesota Senate race continues to drag on between Democrat Al Franken and Republican Norm Coleman, one small clue seems to point to Coleman's resignation to his defeat.According to the Washington Post's Al Kamen, Coleman has started abandoning his Minnesota offices. A passerby recently snapped a shot of Norm Coleman's office in St. Paul, Minn., which, it seems, is on the market. A few days ago, Coleman's name was removed from the door, though the Senate office designation remained. But it's not what you think it is. Since Coleman is no longer a senator, a Hill official told us, "the ...
Polls Find Little Sympathy for Norm Coleman
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyTwo new polls are out regarding the contested Minnesota Senate race. And apparently National Republican Senate Committee Chairman "Big Bad" John Cornyn (R-TX) was not among those surveyed, since most respondents want Republican Norm Coleman to drop out.From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune... A new Star Tribune Minnesota Poll has found that 64 percent of those responding believe Coleman, the Republican, should accept the recount trial court's April 13 verdict that Democrat Franken won the race by 312 votes. Only 28 percent consider last week's appeal by Coleman to the Minnesota Supreme Court ...
New Web Page Allows You to Track Norm Coleman's Election Obstructions in Chronological Order
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyThe Internet is amazing, folks. To prove as much, we want you to imagine something for just a second:Pretend it's the late '80s or the early '90s and web connectivity is not the everyday given we enjoy today. Now imagine that the Al Franken/Norm Coleman senate election took place back in this pre-web era. Do you realize how hard it would have been to track Coleman's near-constant obstructions to the electoral process?Now flash forward to today, where we are living in an age of widespread Internet access. In an action befitting this marvelous era, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee ...
Al Franken Begins Hiring Senate Staff
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyHe still hasn't been certified as Senator from Minnesota, but Democrat Al Franken-- perhaps taking encouragement from his alter ego, Stuart Smalley-- has decided to proceed with senatorial duties.And while this doesn't mean he's already taking bribes or engaging in sex scandals, he has engaged in a senator's more basic responsibilities, such as hiring a staff...On the heels of winning his Senate recount trial last week, Minnesota Democrat Al Franken (D) made his first staffing announcement on Monday, naming a long-time staffer to Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-Minn.) as his state director.A three-judge ...
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