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startribune.com - 12/19/2008
Franken pushes his lead over Coleman past 150
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The state Canvassing Board's first rush of ballot rulings in the U.S. Senate race has unofficially put challenger Al Franken in the lead by more than 150.
Franken The Likely Winner As Minnesota Recount Heads To Finish Line
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/18/2008
Franken The Likely Winner As Minnesota Recount Heads To Finish Line
— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — Don't look now, but it looks like Al Franken may win the Minnesota Senate race. A series of developments in the last few days have given the very strong impression that Al is suddenly in a position to prevail -- and a resolution of the fight might ... (more) Franken The Likely Winner As Minnesota Recount Heads To ...

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google.com - 12/19/2008
The Associated Press: Coleman's lead down to 2 votes in Minn. canvass
— google.com — Coleman's lead down to 2 votes in Minn. canvass By PATRICK CONDON 1 hour ago ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) The tight Minnesota U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken has become incredibly close with ... (more) The Associated Press: Coleman's lead down to 2 votes ...

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fivethirtyeight.com - 12/19/2008
Franken Appears Likely to Lead After Challenge Phase
— fivethirtyeight.com — This is fuzzy, fuzzy math, but with Norm Coleman again converting only a very low percentage of his challenges in counting this morning, I am now projecting a Franken lead of something like 40 votes after all challenged ballots -- including ballot ... (more) Franken Appears Likely to Lead After Challenge Phase

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FRANKEN PULLS AHEAD
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... The Democrat leads by more than 150 votes as Minnesota canvassing board rejects most ballot challenges made by Republican incumbent Coleman. Final totals aren't expected until at least December 31.       ...

Franken Takes Lead in Recount
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that Al Franken (D) took a slim lead over Sen. Norm Coleman (R-NM) for the first time as Minnesota's U.S. Senate race recount continues. ...

Franken's up
Ben Smith's Blog — Al Franken is ahead on the difficult-to-follow Minnesota count, and Democrats seem optimistic. In the meantime, the webcast of State Canvassing Board hearings is oddly compelling to watch. There are a lot of "lizard people" jokes. Democracy at work.

'Daily Voting News' For December 19, 2008
The BRAD BLOG — ... MD: Frederick County - County Board of Elections to reconsider running city's elections Polling places remain an issue, as schools will not be available http://www.gazette.net/s...rednew154117_32476.shtml MN: Franken pushes his lead over Coleman past 200 The state Canvassing Board's ballot rulings today in the U.S. Senate race have unofficially put challenger Al Franken in the lead by more than 200. http://www.startribune.c...c:aUac8HEaDiaMDCinchO7DU MN: Interim mulled for Senate seat ...

merry xmas to him, al franken
skippy the bush kangaroo — looks like norm coleman is going to lose his senate seat to him, al franken. minnstartrib: the state canvassing board's ballot rulings today in the u.s. senate race has unofficially put challenger al franken in the lead by about 250. the intense scrutiny of "voter ...

No More Minnesotas
The Next Right — ... I don't think we can say that things are over yet in Minnesota, but we could be inching closer to another confirmation of the GOP's rock bottom status. If Al Franken is elected a Senator, I think we can officially say that things can't possibly get any worse. ...

More Franken/Coleman: Still a nailbiter, but it looks good for Al
BlueOregon — ... I don't think we can say that things are over yet in Minnesota, but we could be inching closer to another confirmation of the GOP's rock bottom status. If Al Franken is elected a Senator, I think we can officially say that things can't possibly get any worse. ...

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campaignsilo.firedoglake.com 11/26/2008 — The Coleman campaign continued its addition-by-subtraction campaign, challenging considerably more ballots than Franken's people did today in order to create an artificial "lead" of 231 (per the StarTribune ). Franken's campaign claims ...
Holidays, Court Ruling Will Further Extend Minn. Senate Recount — Wash Post Elections 12/19/2008
With the latest projections showing incumbent Norm Coleman (R) clinging to a lead of a handful of votes, Minnesota's U.S. Senate race headed deeper into political limbo yesterday, raising the possibility that the contest could still be undecided when ...
Report: Minnesota Senate race down to 5 votes — CNN.com - Politics 12/19/2008
Republican U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman's unofficial lead over Democrat Al Franken shrank to five votes as a Minnesota Canvassing Board continued analyzing ballots from the November 4 Senate election, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported Friday.  ...
Report: Coleman ahead by 5 in Minnesota Senate race — CNN Political Ticker 12/19/2008
Republican Sen. Norm Coleman, left, has a slim lead over Democrat Al Franken in Minnesota's Senate race. (CNN) — Republican U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman's unofficial lead over Democrat Al Franken shrank to five votes as a Minnesota Canvassing ...
Al Franken Takes Lead in Minnesota Senate Race — TIME.com Top Politics Stories 12/19/2008
Democrat Al Franken edged ahead of Republican incumbent Norm Coleman on Friday for the first time in Minnesota's long-running U.S. Senate recount
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From NBC's Carrie Dann The seemingly endless Minnesota recount, which could well be headed for a legal limbo that would drag into the New Year, has lawyers and reporters digging for answers about what, if anything, Senate Democrats could do to ...