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Tom Scheck

Bachmann and Pawlenty Eye the Oval Office

Republicans in Minnesota are buzzing this week, after speculation that Tea Party star and Republican congresswoman from Minnesota, Michele Bachmann may be planning an exploratory committee for a potential 2012 presidential run. This comes just days after former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty announced his own committee.  Minnesota’s Republican Party chairman Tony Sutton is calling the potential […]

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Franken Wins Minnesota Senate Race. Finally.

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Franken wins? Not so fast.

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Two votes separate candidates in Minnesota senate race

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Minnesota still has not elected a senator

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Minnesota: the race that wouldn’t end

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The punishing recount between Republican incumbent Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken was supposed to end today, but 130 lost ballots in Minneapolis that could sway the outcome must be found first.

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Minnesota’s Senate race has no immediate end in sight

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The Takeaway talks to Tom Scheck of Minnesota Public Radio as the 2008 manual re-count (for the Coleman – Franken election) of more than 2.9 million votes heads into its final days.

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AP calls Minnesota Senate race: Norm Coleman (R) defeats Al Franken (D)

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JOHN HOCKENBERRY: This is The Takeaway. I’m John Hockenberry. And the squeaker in Minnesota has finally squeaked. Norm Coleman has been announced as the Republican senator reelected in Minneapolis. No punch line for Al Franken, who was down to just a few hundred folks there during the counting, which went into the wee hours of […]