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[10] [11] Coleman's appeal of the panel's decision to the Minnesota Supreme Court was unanimously rejected on June 30, [12] and he subsequently conceded the election. [13] Franken was sworn in as the junior senator from Minnesota on July 7. [14] With a margin of just 0.01%, this election was the closest race of the 2008 Senate election cycle.
Coleman appealed to the Minnesota Supreme Court on April 20. [74] [75] [76] On April 24 the Minnesota Supreme Court agreed to hear the case. [77] [78] Oral arguments were conducted on June 1. [77] [79] On June 30, 2009, the Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously rejected Coleman's appeal and said that Franken was entitled to be certified as the ...
While Coleman held a slight lead at the end of election night, the subsequent recount ultimately gave Al Franken a 225-vote lead. [2] A legal challenge by Coleman was unsuccessful and Franken was eventually certified as the winner of the election following a unanimous ruling of the Minnesota Supreme Court, having a final margin of 312 votes. [3]
"The legitimacy of the court was undermined when they [Senate Republicans] wouldn't take up Merrick Garland," Franken said during a CNN segment.
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The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a 2023 state law that restores voting rights for felons once they have completed their prison sentences. The new law was popular with Democrats in ...
Coleman appealed to the Minnesota Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments on June 1. [33] On June 30, the court unanimously ruled in Franken's favor, declaring him the winner of the election, whereupon Coleman conceded.
On January 6, 2009, Coleman's campaign filed an election contest and on April 13, a three-judge panel dismissed Coleman's Notice of Contest and ruled that Franken had won the election by 312 votes. [7] Coleman's appeal of the panel's decision to the Minnesota Supreme Court was unanimously rejected on June 30, [8] and he conceded the election. [9]