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.
June 1, 2009 - MPR’s Elizabeth Stawicki reports on arguments to the Supreme Court over Senate seat.. Minnesota's long-running U.S. Senate race is in the hands of the Minnesota Supreme Court. Justices grilled attorneys for Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken during oral arguments. Coleman is appealing a three-judge panel's decision that put Franken ahead by 312 votes.
November 5, 2008 - Sen. Norm Coleman declares victory, regardless of recount.
November 4, 2008 - Election night: Senator Norm Coleman at 11:20pm. 2:32 long.
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 30, 2008 - Republican Senator Norm Coleman 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 Coleman 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.
September 3, 2008 - Republican National Convention Day 3. Norm Coleman speaks to the RNC.