July 2, 2009 - MPR’s Mark Zdechilk presents the MPR Special Report “Minnesota’s Unending Senate Battle - Al Franken's Road to the Senate.” Chapters include The Campaign, The Election, and The Recount Trial.
November 2, 2008 - Final U.S. Senate debate before the election in two days. Sen. Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Dean Barkley, hosted by Gary Eichten at the Fitzgerald Theater.
October 31, 2008 - Independence Party candidate for U.S. Senate, Dean Barkley, speaks last week at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute as part of a Candidates Forum series put on by the Institute's Center for the Study of Politics and Governance. Following his opening remarks Barkley took questions from the audience and moderator, Larry Jacobs.
October 16, 2008 - Tonight at 7p until 8:30p, NIS will carry live a debate among U.S. Senate candidates Norm Coleman, Al Franken and Dean Barkley. Mark Zdechlik will anchor the event from Duluth. The coverage will pre-empt The World and the first half hour of Fresh Air.
October 11, 2008 - Senate candidates debate at Breck School. Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Dean Barkley.
October 5, 2008 - ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) - In the scramble for Minnesota's senateseat, Republican Senator Norm Coleman and his Democratic challengerAl Franken didn't hold back at their first debate. Neither did a third-party challenger. Independent polls show a race in flux. Some have Coleman on top,others Franken, and all have the Independence Party's Dean Barkleymaking a dent. Both challengers went after Coleman's support of the Iraq War,with Barkley calling it the first "trillion-dollar mistake"Coleman made in office. The second one Barkley cited was theturmoil in the financial sectors. Coleman questioned the temperament of former "Saturday NightLive" comedian Franken, saying "Anger for anger's sake doesn'tsolve anything."The debate was held in the University Center Rochester Fieldhouse on the RochesterCommunity and Technical College campus in Rochester, Minn. onSunday, Oct. 5, 2008.
August 5, 2008 - U.S. Senate candidates Norm Coleman and Al Franken gave similar views on key issues for rural voters on Tuesday, but offered different arguments for why they'd be better for the job. Coleman, the Republican incumbent, and Democrat Franken were joined at the annual FarmFest show by Independence Party candidates Dean Barkley and Steve Williams. All four talked up the importance of renewable fuel research and production on Minnesota's farms. Coleman and Franken, in their first joint appearance of the campaign, praised the recently passed farm bill, with both calling it a needed safety net for farmers. The forum's format didn't give candidates much chance to directly engage each other, putting the emphasis on discussion of issues.
April 24, 2001 - MPR’s Michael Khoo reports that a Senate panel approved a campaign finance reform package championed by Governor Jesse Ventura. Some reform activists say the measure doesn't go far enough, while opponents say the bill is unconstitutional.
January 24, 2001 - MPR’s Laura McCallum reports that Governor Ventura began taking his case to the public in St. Paul with a breakfast at the Governor's Mansion. Meanwhile the lobbying has begun in earnest as groups that feel short-changed by the Governor's budget are starting to rally their supporters.
August 5, 1999 - A Mainstreet Radio special broadcast of Minnesota Citizens Forum, live from FarmFest in Redwood Falls. In the second hour of program, Minnesota Farm Radio Network’s Tom Rothman hosts a continuing discussion of the importance of a strong rural economy to Minnesota.