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| Norm Coleman concedes Minnesota Senate race to Al Franken |
| 2009-07-01 |
| Republican Norm Coleman has conceded to Democrat Al Franken in the Minnesota Senate race, ending one of the longest Senate races in American history and clearing the way for Democrats to hold a 60-seat supermajority in the Senate. Coelman's concession, given from the front of his St. Paul home, came just a few hours after the Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously ruled Franken the winner of last November's Senate race. In a unanimous 5-0 decision, the court upheld a three-judge panel's April 14 ruling that Franken defeated Republican Norm Coleman in the race by 312 votes out of 2.9 million cast. The 32-page opinion was remarkably decisive, picking apart and rejecting one Coleman legal claim after another. In its final line of the ruling, the state Supreme Court said Franken is "entitled" under Minnesota law to "receive the certificate election as United States senator from the state of Minnesota." "The Supreme Court of Minnesota has spoken and I respect its decision and will abide by the result," Coleman said. "It's time for Minnesota to come together under the leaders it has chosen and move forward. I join all Minnesotans in congratulating our newest United States Senator -- Al Franken. Coleman's concession means that Gov. Tim Pawlenty can easily sign an election certificate in the interim. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 So the question seems to be; How can voters (Even from a Blue state with a Republican incumbent in 2008.) be so foolish as to elect such an incompetent boob like Franken? Two Words: “Card Check”. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2009-07-01 12:37 |
| #10 Also from the Instapundit: Majority of Minnesota Voters No Longer Remember Who They Voted For. Brain freeze from all the "gerbil worming" the Midwest got this winter....or bad lutefisk? You make the call! |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2009-07-01 12:01 |
| #9 "Caligula sent a horse to the Senate. Minnesota is just sending part of the horse." --Instapundit |
| Posted by: Mike 2009-07-01 11:02 |
| #8 cap and trade:mandatory indulgences of the 21st century |
| Posted by: 746 2009-07-01 10:14 |
| #7 |
| Posted by: Lagom 2009-07-01 09:42 |
| #6 Too many Swedish transplants, perhaps. |
| Posted by: Lagom 2009-07-01 09:38 |
| #5 DoDo, and in teh EXTREMELY unlikely event that cap-n-trade actually reverses global warming, Minnesota winters will get worse. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2009-07-01 06:44 |
| #4 Landslide Al! |
| Posted by: whatadeal 2009-07-01 03:58 |
| #3 The upper midwest is going to be hit hardest by cap and trade. Minnesota winters are going to be a lot more expensive with Franken in the senate. |
| Posted by: DoDo 2009-07-01 02:07 |
| #2 Minnesota alwasy seemed like such a sensible state. Has there been a massive outbreak of ergot poisoning up there? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-07-01 01:47 |
| #1 Send in the Clown(s). |
| Posted by: Muggsy Glink 2009-07-01 01:37 |