Norm Coleman to head new GOP Super PAC
By Jon Collins |
10.13.11 | 11:26 am
The group doesn’t need to disclose any donors and can accept unlimited donations.
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Conservative advocacy group chair and former Sen. Norm Coleman signs on with Romney
By Jon Collins |
09.21.11 | 12:23 pm
Coleman is chair of a conservative non-profit that is expected to funnel tens of millions of dollars into the 2012 elections.
Former Sen. Coleman gives Cravaack’s campaign a hand
By Andy Birkey |
09.19.11 | 7:57 am
Cravaack has also garnered financial support for U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s PAC.
Norm Coleman: Right to vote is a ‘privilege’
By Andy Birkey |
03.30.11 | 8:12 am
Former Sen. Norm Coleman stopped to talk with Pajamas Media at last weekend’s True the Vote conference hosted by the King Street Patriots in Houston. The conference trains conservative activists in how to monitor polls and push for tighter voter ID laws. In the interview, Coleman downplayed assertions that voter fraud cost him the election against Sen. Al Franken in 2008 but called voting “one of the greatest privileges that democracy affords,” comparing voter ID to showing an identification card when writing a check at McDonald’s.
IRS complaint filed against Norm Coleman’s American Action Network
By Andy Birkey |
03.08.11 | 11:42 am
Citizens for Ethics in Washington filed an IRS complaint against former Sen. Norm Coleman’s American Action Network Tuesday alleging that the group violated its 501(c)4 status by working to elect Republicans. CREW posits that AAN used its tax status to protect Republican donors from disclosure and spent the majority of its resources on political campaigns instead of educational activities, as required under the law.
Klobuchar among most popular senators
By Andy Birkey |
12.30.10 | 8:47 am
Sen. Amy Klobuchar is the most popular U.S. senator, according to surveys by Public Policy Polling. The pollster looked at the approval ratings of 59 senators over the past several months and found Klobuchar with a net favorable rating…
Looming gubernatorial recount may allow Pawlenty to position himself for 2012
By Patrick Caldwell |
11.05.10 | 5:00 am
As Minnesota faces a likely recount between gubernatorial candidates Mark Dayton and Tom Emmer, memories surface of the prolonged recount in the state’s 2008 U.S. Senate race between Sen. Al Franken and Norm Coleman. As in 2008, a delayed decision on the governor’s race would have wide repercussions at both the local and national levels. The state legislature, which flipped to the GOP on Tuesday, could quickly pass conservative bills while a Democratic governor waits in limbo. All the while, Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty finds himself in a unique posturing position before his probable bid for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
Gubernatorial race likely headed for recount
By Patrick Caldwell |
11.03.10 | 6:39 pm
All precincts have reported and the results of Minnesota’s gubernatorial race is still up in the air. Democratic candidate Mark Dayton currently holds an 8,857-vote advantage over Republican Tom Emmer. The results will not be finalized until the State Canvassing Board meets on Nov. 23, and — though vote counts may shift slightly — as long as the two candidates remain within 0.5 percent of one another, the vote will be subject to a recount, which would likely start on Nov. 29.
How likely is another Franken-Coleman-style recount?
By Jesse Zwick |
11.02.10 | 11:38 am
With allegations of voter fraud swirling in several swing states and both parties dispatching lawyers into the field at record rates, there’s been a lot of buzz about the chances of a repeat of the kind of contested election the country witnessed with Sen. Al Franken and former Sen. Norm Coleman in 2008. So, how likely is it we’ll see a repeat of Minnesota 2008?
As Ellison decries tea party ‘voter intimidation’ efforts, data shows fraud is rare
By Andy Birkey |
10.27.10 | 9:30 am
“Voter fraud. It’s a felony.” So reads the “wanted” poster–style type on new posters being distributed by Republican and tea party groups ahead of election day. What they don’t say is it’s also exceedingly rare. As Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison decries such efforts at attempts to intimidate voters, Hennepin County provides the Minnesota Independent with data that shows only .00006 percent of votes cast in 2008 were done so fraudulently.
