A five-person panel including Mark Ritchie and Chief Justice Eric Magnuson oversaw the recount in this election, in which the losing candidate appealed to the State Supreme Court, but was rejected, despite former governor Arne Carlson advising him to concede.
Year or winning candidate is acceptable. One side in this election hired a lawyer self-described as a "new gun with the shiny pistol," named Fritz Knaak. The incumbent in this election faced allegations that he had illegally received money from Deep Marine Technology. The wife of this election's winner appeared in an ad discussing how her husband helped her through her alcohol addiction. This election is the subject of the book This is Not Florida, written by Jay Weiner. During this election, the notorious "fifth pile" consisted of wrongly-rejected (*) absentee ballots. A five-person panel including Mark Ritchie and Chief Justice Eric Magnuson oversaw the recount in this election, in which the losing candidate appealed to the State Supreme Court, but was rejected, despite former governor Arne Carlson advising him to concede. Six months after his term should have begun, the winning Democratic Farmer-Labor candidate in this election took his oath of office. For 10 points, name this protracted and close election in which Norm Coleman was defeated by a comedian.
Year or winning candidate is acceptable. One side in this election hired a lawyer self-described as a "new gun with the shiny pistol," named Fritz Knaak.
2008 Minnesota Senate election [or Al Franken; prompt on 2008 or 2008 Senate, although why would anyone say that]