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01.21.09: SENATE MAJORITY LEADER REID JUMPS INTO MINNESOTA SENATE RACE - - Washington, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is jumping into Minnesota’s disputed U.S. Senate election. Reid, D-Nev., is meeting with Democratic candidate Al Franken late today. Franken leads Republican Norm Coleman by 225 votes after a statewide recount, but Coleman is challenging the election results in court. Minnesota’s disputed seat is the only Senate race that is still undecided. “We think Al Franken is going to be the next senator,” said Rodell Mollineau, a spokesman for Reid. Mollineau said Reid wants to brief Franken, who attended President Barack Obama’s inauguration, on the Democrat’s economic recovery plan and wants to know “what committees he might want to work on” Mollineau said. Lawyers for Franken were in court today arguing to dismiss Coleman’s election challenge. Coleman’s campaign was not pleased with what they considered to be a Democratic media ploy. “It’s fitting that on the same day Al Franken is trying to short-circuit Minnesota election law he is also doing a photo-op with Harry Reid, who shares his desire to ignore the will of Minnesota voters, “ said Coleman’s campaign spokesman Luke Friedrich in an e-mail to the Gannett News Service. “Al Franken has not won and every vote has not been counted, and they know they’re going to be in trouble when those votes are counted,” he said.

01.21.09: MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE MEETING WITH ELECTION WORKERS AROUND THE STATE - - Now, it’s time to say thanks, and take suggestions. In the wake of county auditors and election workers across Minnesota spending hours, days and weeks recounting ballots of both the regular and absentee variety as part of the disputed U.S. Senate race between Norm Coleman and Al Franken, Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie is making the rounds to say thanks in person, and take input on ways similar situations could be handled in future elections. He’s also discussing potential statutory changes designed to better handle future disputed election outcomes. Ritchie was at the Polk County Government Center this afternoon from 1 to 2 p.m. to do just that, at a gathering attended by Polk County Auditor/Treasurer Jerry Amiot, and election officials from the county, townships and the City of Crookston.

01.21.09: JUDGES IN MINN. U.S. SENATE TRIAL OK ELECTRONIC COVERAGE - - The three-judge panel in Minnesota's U.S. Senate election dispute will allow electronic media coverage of the trial. The judges are hearing the first arguments Wednesday when lawyers for Democrat Al Franken seek dismissal of the election challenge filed by Republican Norm Coleman. The judges are allowing one TV camera, one still photographer and one audio recorder into the proceedings in the Supreme Court chambers, and those outlets are being asked to share their material with colleagues. A Supreme Court spokesman says there will be similar arrangements going forward. If Franken's motion to dismiss fails, the trial is to begin next Monday. A group of Minnesota media outlets and professional organizations had sought permission to record, photograph and broadcast the proceedings.

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01.20.09: Coleman Campaign Subpoenas State Elections Official (+ Other Latest News)
01.19.09: Coleman Campaign To Ask That All 12,000 Rejected Absentee Ballots Be Reviewed
01.17.09: Why Norm Coleman Will Win (+ GOP Activists to Sue)
01.13.09: Coleman camp: Franken at (MN) Supreme Court like bank robber asking for receipt
01.12.09: Video: The O'Reilly Factor: Hollywood-Soros-Franken, + Can Coleman Still Win?
01.09.09: Why George Soros wants Norm Coleman out of the Senate (“The Dirt”, A Must Read)
01.09.09: GOP Former MN SOS(99-07) Mary Kiffmeyer slams Coleman-Franken U.S. Senate Recount
01.09.09: Send in the Clown (Al “SorosBoy” Franken)
01.08.09: The Stealing the (MN U.S. Senate) Election Project + Latest Coleman News & FlAttorney's Comments

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Republican Party of Minnesota Press Release

KSTP TV Interview – Coleman: "I Will Be Ahead”

Tom Hauser
KSTP-TV
January 20, 2009

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In a one-on-one interview with 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS, Norm Coleman said he’s convinced the case is far from over.

While Franken attended President Barack Obama's inauguration in Washington D.C., his attorneys were busy in Minnesota preparing for the first hearing in the Senate recount.

"I certainly wish that I was ahead in votes rather than behind right now, but I believe in the end we'll be where we were on Election Night. That I will be ahead," Coleman told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS.

Two key elements of his legal case include the possible double counting of some ballots and the non-counting of thousands of rejected absentee ballots.

"Nobody's vote should be counted twice and every vote that should be counted hopefully will get a chance to be counted in this process. I think all Minnesotans will be served by that. You can't hold office if people think that somebody else's vote was double-counted or your vote wasn't considered," Coleman explained.

Click Here To Watch Interview

MORE ON HARRY REID’s COMMENTS TODAY >> At about the same time Wednesday that Coleman was striking an optimistic tone about winning the election, Harry Reid was chiding the Republican senator for not conceding the race to Franken. “There is no way that Coleman can win this,” Reid said. “The numbers just aren’t there. He should concede. There (are) a lot of people who did the same thing and it’s better for them. Polls in Minnesota show that about half the people are upset at Franken, I’m sorry, I mean upset at Coleman asking for this additional work.” A Reid spokesman said that at some point he may attempt to seat Franken, but cautioned that no decision has been made yet. Coleman predicted that Reid would not dare to seat Franken until legal proceedings are resolved, because he has not been presented with a signed election certificate by state officials. For weeks, Reid would not acknowledge Roland Burris as the junior senator from Illinois because his certificate lacked the secretary of state’s signature. “I am quite confident that the United States Senate will not seat someone without a signed election certificate,” he said. “And I believe that will be handled in a bipartisan way.”

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