startribune.com - 1/5/2009
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Nearly seven weeks after Norm Coleman entered the recount with a slim lead, his chances of retaining his U.S. Senate seat now depend increasingly on his bid to count hundreds of rejected absentee ballots from mostly Republican-leaning precincts. The state Canvassing Board prepared to meet today ...
startribune.com - 1/5/2009
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/5/2009
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com —
In a statement given to Election Central, Senate
Majority Leader Harry Reid has called upon Norm Coleman...
to concede defeat in the Minnesota Senate race. Reid also reminded Coleman of his own calls early on in this process for Franken to concede and ...
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Reid To Coleman: It's Over. Concede.
fivethirtyeight.com - 1/6/2009
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fivethirtyeight.com —
The Wall Street Journal is bar none one
of the best newspapers in the country -- except...
when its Editorial Board is having a bad day. And today the Board is having a very bad day, having published an editorial that declares Al Franken's provisional ...
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Did the Wall Street Jorunal Fire their Fact-Checkers?
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Franken To Be Declared the Winner in Minnesota
Politics Daily —
... Now for those greenhorns in the audience who are new to American politics... The answer is: No, of course this doesn't end the race! Norm Coleman now gets to challenge the result in court and bide his time until Antonin Scalia can figure out a way to butt in and award the seat to the GOP. (Another possibility involves Coleman renewing his offer to ...
'Daily Voting News' For January 4 and 5, 2009
The BRAD BLOG —
... Jumps Out to 225-Vote Lead on Strength of Absentee Ballots http://www.fivethirtyeig...to-223-vote-lead-on.html
MN: Minnesota canvassing board expected to say that Democrat Al Franken is winner in Senate race http://www.startribune.c...O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUJ
MN: Coleman's best hope is in court
The GOP incumbent's chances appear to ride on getting rejected absentee ballots to count or contesting the election. http://www.startribune.c...O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUT
MN: ...
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hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com 1/7/2009 — The epic race for the MN senate seat will have yet another chapter before its finale. Republican Sen. Norm Coleman announced today that he'll take the fight for the seat to the state Supreme Court , less than a day after the state canvassing board ...
Don't Look Now, But ...
talkingpointsmemo.com 2/26/2009 — If you haven't been following Eric Kleefeld's bang-up coverage of the Minnesota Senate election saga at TPMDC (come to think of it, this fiasco pre-dates the launch of TPMDC and dates back to our TPM Election Central days -- just another reminder ...
And the winner is… —
First Read 1/5/2009
From NBC’s Domenico MontanaroAfter 62 days of counting and re-counting nearly three million ballots, the Minnesota State Canvassing Board today certified results showing Democrat Al Franken as the winner of the Minnesota Senate race.
The decision ...
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