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Amid Epidemic of Challenges, Coleman Appears to Expand Lead
Amid Epidemic of Challenges, Coleman Appears to Expand Lead
According to the latest counts provided by the Star Tribune and the Minnesota Secretary of State , Republican Norm Coleman appears to have expanded his narrow lead over Al Franken on Day 4 of the recount process. The Star Tribune now puts Coleman's lead at 180 votes, and the Secretary of State, ...
Projection: Franken to Win Recount by 27 Votes
fivethirtyeight.com — As we wrote yesterday evening, the ever-increasing number of challenged ballots in Minnesota is making it more and more difficult to determine the extent to which Al Franken is in fact gaining ground in the state's recount process. An analysis of ... (more) Projection: Franken to Win Recount by 27 Votes
Franken/Coleman Minnesota Senate recount news
Franken/Coleman Minnesota Senate recount news
startribune.com — Blog: The Big Question Here’s one way to send a protest with your ballot This Anoka County voter was clearly ready for the end of campaign season. This ballot has an almost poetic quality. In case you have trouble reading it, the poem goes like this, ... (more) Franken/Coleman Minnesota Senate recount news
SOROS BOO$TS FRANKEN
nypost.com — Left-wing billionaire financier George Soros is using his financial muscle at a Manhattan fund-raiser tonight to help Al Franken win a recount in Minnesota's Senate election. Soros - the hedge-fund honcho and sugar daddy of the Democratic Party -... (more) SOROS BOO$TS FRANKEN
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Challenged Ballots Key Predictor of County Results in Coleman-Franken Race
Open Left - Front Page — It appears to have been a good day for Senator Norm Coleman and probably was with a lead of 180 (up from 120). We won't know for sure though until mid-December when challenged ballots are examined. The use of challenges skyrocketed today as this chart by Nate Silver shows: And note especially the divergence of the red and blue lines as the Coleman campaign really upped their challenge quotient today and have now challenged 1,005 ballots to 977 by the Al Franken campaign. Nate makes the case for how it is possible that Coleman is ...

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Minnesota Senate Recount -- update 2The Reaction
By Michael J.W. Stickings (For some good links, and more detailed analysis, see Update 1 from last Friday.) The recount continues. According to the Star Tribune , Coleman currently has a lead of 180 votes over Franken, with 68 percent of ballots recounted, up from a Friday lead of 120. ...
Still recounting in Minnesota Senate Race. Still very close.AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth
Here's the daily fix on the Franken-Coleman recount: Secretary of State's website has Coleman up by 167 with 65.65% of votes recounted. Star-Tribune has Coleman's lead at 180 with 68% of votes recounted. Approximately 2,000 ballots have been challenged -- and it's an almost even split between ...