Fritz Knaak

A Panel of Former Lawmakers

tptadmin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:15:30 -0600

This week's show-ending panel ponders the big issues of the week. Republicans Fritz Knaak and Dan Dorman square off with Democrats Wes Skoglund and Dee Long.

The Political Panel

tptadmin — Fri, 2 Oct 2009 16:29:11 -0500

We'll pick up the political conversation with this week's version of our political panel. Democrats Mike Hatch and Ember Reichgott Junge mix it up with Republicans Sarah Janecek and Fritz Knaak.

This Week's Political Panel

tptadmin — Fri, 4 Sep 2009 21:32:53 -0500

We talk health care and the other big ticket issues of the day with Republicans Fritz Knaak and John Berns and Democrats Ember Reichgott Junge and Andy Dawkins.

The Panel

tptadmin — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:39:24 -0500

This week's version of the political panel helps us update our Governor's race scorecard: Who's in, who's out, who's running for other offices? Republicans Fritz Knaak and Gregg Peppin square off against Democrats Denise Cardinal and Javier Morillo-Alicea.

Senate Recount Today

Mary Lahammer — Thu, 4 Dec 2008 10:32:45 -0600

Franken's campaign is upset about the allegedly missing 130 ballots in Minneapolis. Attorney Marc Elias said in a press conference that most of those ballots are votes for Al Franken and he said officials should "move heaven and earth to find those ballots" because "the integrity of Minnesota elections is at stake."

Here's more from their press release:

Franken lead recount attorney Marc Elias:

"These ballots must be found. The outcome of this election is at stake. But let me be clear: The integrity of this election is also at stake, as is the integrity of Minnesota's electoral process. We won't stand for the disenfranchisement of 133 Minnesota voters, and neither will the people of this state. Find the ballots."

The Franken campaign released a list of steps that should be taken to find the missing ballots:

Interview every person who worked at the precinct on Election Day, every person who had a role in setting up or cleaning up at the church that served as a polling place, and every person who touched or transported the ballots either on Election Day or at any point between then and now.
Conduct a systematic forensic search of the church that served as a polling place, any vehicle used to transport ballots or other elections materials, the warehouse where the ballots were stored.
At the warehouse, catalog every envelope containing ballots.
Review all precinct and polling place documentation, and all email or other communications relating to this precinct and this polling place.
Establish a clear chain of custody noting exactly where these ballots were at every moment from Election Day until they were lost.

Those rejected absentee ballots are key and now we know more from the secretary of state:

WHAT: The state canvassing board will reconvene on Friday, Dec. 12 to discuss possible options for dealing with mistakenly rejected absentee ballots being sorted by county and local election officials.

And Coleman's camp has essentially equaled Franken's redrawal of challenged ballots earlier than originally stated:

ST. PAUL - Today Fritz Knaak, lead recount counsel for the Coleman for Senate campaign, announced the Coleman campaign will withdrawing 650 ballot challenges this afternoon. Knaak also reached out to Al Franken’s lead recount counsel this morning, requesting a meeting to discuss how both campaigns can reach a mutual agreement to further reduce the number of challenged ballots that will be brought before the state’s canvassing board.

Knaak stated, “Today, in the spirit of working to remedy an excess of challenged ballots, we will voluntarily withdraw 650 challenged by the Coleman campaign. This morning, I left a voicemail, and sent an email, to Franken campaign attorney Marc Elias regarding challenged ballots. We are doing so this in the spirit of reaching out to their campaign so we can sit down early next week and discuss what process we can agree to in order to winnow down these challenged ballots. At the end of the day, our mutual goal and obligation ought to be the people of Minnesota and their representatives on the Canvassing Board, as well as local election officials, to find a spirit of cooperation to reduce the number of challenged ballots to a true and meaningful number that can be fairly evaluated by the Canvassing Board.”

Political Panel

tptadmin — Fri, 3 Oct 2008 16:56:11 -0500

What a great week for lovers of politics. Debates. Polls. Rallies. Republicans Fritz Knaak and Andy Brehm match wits with Democrats Mike Hatch and Ember Reichgott Junge.

This Week's Political Panel

tptadmin — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:14:44 -0500

How has the turmoil on Wall Street changed the election race? That's among the topics Republicans Fritz Knaak and David Strom delve into with Democrats Mike Hatch and Mary Jo McGuire.

This Week's Political Panel

tptadmin — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:30:13 -0500

Yup. John McCain surprised a lot of people Friday with his choice of Sarah Palin for Vice President. The panel sizes up that selection, recaps the Dems' week in Denver and looks ahead to Republicans in St. Paul. Republicans Fritz Knaak and Andy Brehm face off on the couch with Democrats Ember Reichgott Junge and Mike Hatch.

The Political Panel

tptadmin — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:57:06 -0500

This week's group debates a new poll in the presidential race and U. S. Senate race ... a state Senate special election .. and of course there's always plenty of veep speculation to go around. Republicans Fritz Knaak and David Strom face off against DFLers Ember Reichgott Junge and Javier Morillo-Alicea.

The Political Panel

tptadmin — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:45:37 -0500

New polls ... new Veep speculation. .. new Senate ads. Here's the version of the political panel we're employing this week: Republicans David Strom and Fritz Knaak mix it up with DFLers Mary Jo McGuire and Ember Reichgott Junge.