Norm Coleman

Franken Wins Minnesota Senate Race. Finally.

August 14, 2013Global Politics

After several recounts and challenges, Al Franken, humorist turned politician, finally won Minnesota’s Senate race. The Takeaway turns to Minnesota Public Radio’s Tom Scheck and Time Magazine’s Jay Newton-Small to explain the effect on Washington.

Al Franken and Norm Coleman Face Off in Minnesota

August 14, 2013Global Politics

Franken wins? Not so fast.

August 14, 2013Conflict & Justice

Two votes separate candidates in Minnesota senate race

August 14, 2013Global Politics

Minnesota: the race that wouldn’t end

August 14, 2013Global Politics

Minnesota’s Senate race has no immediate end in sight

August 14, 2013Global Politics

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.

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

August 14, 2013Global Politics

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 […]

Al Franken and Norm Coleman campaign for Minnesota Senate seat

August 14, 2013Global Politics

Minnesota’s Senate race, between Republican incumbent Norm Coleman and challenger Democrat Al Franken, is heating up. While they battle it out, there isn’t much doubt that the Independence Party’s Dean Barkley will act as a spoiler.

The Blo N’ Go

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Laurie Coleman, the wife of Republican Minnesota Senator Nate Coleman, talks about the new device she helped invent – the Blo N’ Go.