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Panel dismisses GOP complaint against progressive ad campaign

By Andy Birkey | 05.05.10 | 9:05 am

The Alliance for a Better Minnesota (ABM) was cleared in a complaint by the House Republican Campaign Committee (HRCC) that an ABM ad earlier this year was false. The online ad criticized Reps. Tom Emmer, Marty Seifert and Kurt…

PoliTweeps: Unfortunate Son(g)

By Paul Schmelzer | 04.30.10 | 1:15 pm

The GOP State Convention is underway and dominating the local Twitterverse — follow along at #mngop10 — with more than a few people noting the irony of the Republicans’ repeated use of anti-war songs between speakers. One,…

PoliTweeps: Amid Palin excitement, a GOP tweet links Obama to Hitler

By Paul Schmelzer | 04.07.10 | 12:39 pm

As just about everyone in Minnesota politics is tweeting about today’s fundraiser and rally with Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann — or the Democrats’ counter-rally for working families in the Capitol rotunda — one politician, GOP candidate

Billboard targets T-Paw over potential Franken/Coleman role

By Paul Demko | 05.12.09 | 12:18 pm

Pawlenty billboardA new billboard at a busy St. Paul intersection takes aim at Gov. Tim Pawlenty. Paid for by a coalition of liberal advocacy groups and labor unions, the sign seeks to highlight Pawlenty’s potentially key role in the ongoing…

TV ad asks Pawlenty to certify Franken if state Supreme Court rules his way

By Chris Steller | 04.30.09 | 11:14 am

tpaw-ad-stillA new television ad (that’s TV, not only Web) asks Gov. Tim Pawlenty to certify Al Franken as U.S. Senator-elect if the Democrat still has more votes than Republican Norm Coleman after a Minnesota Supreme Court ruling expected this…

Latest polls: Coleman should concede

By Paul Demko | 04.26.09 | 12:49 pm

coleman1Minnesotans have have had enough of Norm Coleman’s efforts to overturn the result of the U.S. Senate contest, a pair of new polls indicate. The Star Tribune’s Minnesota Poll found…

Coleman legal bills pile up

By Paul Demko | 04.15.09 | 7:18 am

Back in December Norm Coleman said he would seek clearance from the Federal Elections Commission to use campaign funds to cover personal legal bills. But he never followed through. In the meantime the former senator continues to rack up astronomical legal bills as he pursues the U.S. Senate contest.

Coleman repeats he’s done no wrong regarding hidden-donation claims

By Chris Steller | 04.02.09 | 11:59 pm

Norm and Laurie Coleman at a 2008 campaign event (Paul Demko)

Norm Coleman insisted Thursday that he and his wife, Laurie, have done nothing wrong.
The former U.S. senator was talking about a Texas lawsuit’s claim that a campaign…

Complaint seeks FEC action on Coleman campaign covering civil-suit legal fees

By Chris Steller | 01.17.09 | 10:09 am

A month after his aide said he’d seek “necessary approvals at the proper time,” former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman apparently has not asked the Federal Election Commission for an advisory opinion about whether he can spend campaign cash…

Advocacy group calls for investigations into ‘DonorGate’ allegations

By Paul Demko | 11.12.08 | 1:34 pm

Alliance for a Better Minnesota has sent letters to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics and the Federal Bureau of Investigation calling for investigations into allegations contained in a recently filed lawsuit involving Sen. Norm Coleman. The lawsuit, filed in a Texas court, alleges that Nasser Kazeminy, a longtime associate of the Senator, funneled $75,000 that was intended to benefit Coleman to a Minneapolis insurance firm.