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Coleman Challenges Senate Recount in Minnesota

The BRAD BLOG found this 1/8/2009 on blogs.wsj.com

Brad Haynes reports on Congress. Norm Coleman is challenging Al Franken ’s victory in the U.S. Senate race in Minnesota, casting doubt on the fairness of the state’s recount and clouding Democrats’ hopes of gaining another seat in the new Congress. On Monday, the Minnesota Canvassing Board certified that Franken, a former talk-radio host and humorist, had garnered 225 votes more than Coleman; in all, 2.9 million votes were cast. Coleman, the incumbent, was ahead in the vote tally ...