huffingtonpost.com - 11/26/2008
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The Franken campaign, citing internal numbers, say the recount election deficit that they face against Sen. Norm Coleman is now down to a mere 84 votes.
The results, announced by Franken's chief counsel, Marc Elias, present a mixed bag of sorts for the Democratic challenger. While Franken ...
fivethirtyeight.com - 11/23/2008
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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 ...
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Projection: Franken to Win Recount by 27 Votes
startribune.com - 11/24/2008
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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, ...
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Franken/Coleman Minnesota Senate recount news
briefingroom.thehill.com - 12/1/2008
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briefingroom.thehill.com —
Democrat Al Franken's campaign said Monday that as
many as 1,000 absentee ballots were improperly disqualified in
Minnesota's Senate race, and that it may appeal to courts or the U.S. Senate to order those ballots counted. "Wherever the numbers stand ...
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Franken May Ask Senate to Intervene in Minn. Recount
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Minnesota Canvassing Board Punts on Rejected Absentee Ballots
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
... As of early yesterday, the Franken campaign told reporters that it was within 84 votes of Coleman on the assumption that all ballot challenges are rejected, a different assumption than the Secretary of State makes in providing its accounting of the state of the recount. This estimate roughly squares with attempts I have been making to infer the frequencies of ...
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Franken camp claims margin at 50; new ballots found
thehill.com 12/2/2008 — Minnesota Democrat Al Franken’s lead attorney said Tuesday that his count shows the comedian trailing Sen. Norm Coleman by just 50 votes with more than 200,000 left to be counted. Attorney Marc Elias held his press conference in Washington just hours ...
Franken camp claims closer margin
firstread.msnbc.msn.com 11/21/2008 —
Counting Conundrum: The ongoing Minnesota recount saga From NBC’s Jeff Hanley Marc Elias, lead attorney for the Franken campaign, in a teleconference call today declared that the gap in votes between Al Franken (D) and Norm Coleman ...
Franken Camp: We're Doing Even Better Than Reported
huffingtonpost.com 11/20/2008 — Aides to Al Franken told reporters on Thursday afternoon that their chances of winning a recount election against Norm Coleman looked far more positive than even Wednesday evening's optimistic reports suggest.
Speaking to reporters in person and ...
Franken Camp's Claim: We're Only Down By 84 Votes
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/25/2008 — A key new development in Minnesota: The Franken campaign is now giving an actual figure for what they think their true current deficit against Norm Coleman is -- an estimated statistic that has proven elusive in this drawn-out process.
"The ...
Franken Camp: We're Ahead by 10 Votes*
weeklystandard.com 12/4/2008 — As of last night, with 98 percent of votes recounted, the Franken campaign's internal numbers showed Franken leading Norm Coleman by 10 votes.
But Franken is ahead by 10 votes only if you assume (1) the Franken campaign's internal numbers --which ...
Franken camp: 'We're winning'
politico.com 12/3/2008 — Blog: Al Franken’s campaign attorney Marc Elias said today that, based on its latest internal tally, Franken has taken the lead over Sen. Norm Colem
Is Al Franken Winning by 22 Votes?
weeklystandard.com 12/4/2008 — With 93 percent of votes recounted, the Minneapolis Star Tribune showed Norm Coleman ahead by 303 votes , but at a press conference today, the Franken campaign claimed that their candidate leads Coleman by 22 votes.
Why the different numbers?
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Franken Ahead 22 Votes Now, Campaign Says
huffingtonpost.com 12/3/2008 — Aides to Al Franken's senatorial campaign announced on Wednesday that, for the first time since the recount began, they were actually ahead of Sen. Norm Coleman.
Speaking on a conference call with reporters, Franken's chief counsel Marc Elias said ...
Is Al Franken Trailing by Just Two Votes?
weeklystandard.com 12/19/2008 — The AP puts Norm Coleman's lead at 2 votes, causing Allahpundit and Kathryn Lopez , among others, to despair. There may be good reason to be anxious, if not desperate, but not because of the AP count.
Tomorrow morning the AP will show Franken ...
Crucial Hearing Today in Minnesota Recount —
CNN Political Ticker 11/26/2008
The recount in Minnesota could stretch into December.
(CNN) – A crucial hearing today in Minnesota could have a major impact on that state's recount of its Senate race between Republican incumbent Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken. ...
Franken staying out of court -- for now —
First Read 11/26/2008
From NBC's Carrie Dann Senate candidate Al Franken will not appeal a decision by the Minnesota State Canvassing Board, which today rejected the Democrat's request that rejected absentee ballots be included in the race's hotly contested ...
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