news.yahoo.com - 1/5/2009
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MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) Democrat Al Franken will be declared the winner of the tight U.S. Senate contest in Minnesota , emerging from a ballot recount with a slim margin over Republican Norm Coleman , state officials said on Sunday. But Coleman, the incumbent, has asked Minnesota's supreme court ...
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/5/2009
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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 - 1/4/2009
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Minnesota took until 5 PM today to begin
actually counting rejected absentee ballots , as the Canvassing...
Board sorted through various legal objections, underwent the arduous task of physically opening more than 900 ballots, and then gave the campaigns ...
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Franken Jumps Out to 225-Vote Lead on Strength of ...
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Franken to be declared Senate victor in Minnesota
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... to investigate the contest all over again. "At the moment, Franken has a 225-vote lead," after the weekend counting of what were deemed the last uncounted absentee ballots, said Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, a Democrat who oversaw the process. Ritchie said unless the supreme court acts on Coleman's request and orders more ballots to be counted, he will reconvene the state's Canvassing Board on Monday to certify Franken as the winner of the November 4 contest. Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090105/pl_nm/us_usa_politi... Go Al!!! Go Al!!! Go Al!!! FUCK YOU ...
Shameless. Dems Steal Minnesota Senate Seat From Coleman
Gateway Pundit —
Al Franken said it best: Republican Norm Coleman led by 725 votes on election day. But after the recounts, the democrats in Minnesota mysteriously discovered nearly a thousand votes to give Al Franken a lead in the US Senate race over Coleman. Today Minnesota state officials are going to declare Al Franken the winner. Reuters reported: Democrat Al Franken will be declared the winner of the tight U.S. Senate contest in Minnesota, emerging from a ballot recount with a slim ...
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Franken Declared Winner in Minnesota Senate Race
abcnews.go.com 1/5/2009 — Two months after Minnesota voters went to the polls, Democrat Al Franken has been declared the winner of the U.S. Senate race, but his opponent, Republican incumbent Norm Coleman, is ready to challenge the results in court. Franken, the comedian and ...
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/18/2008 — 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 ...
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thehill.com 12/3/2008 — Minnesota Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken’s campaign said Wednesday that the comedian has taken the lead in his race against Sen. Norm Coleman (R). Franken’s lawyer, Marc Elias, has been pressing for the media to focus on the campaign’s ...
Franken Senate Victory Projected
huffingtonpost.com 12/19/2008 — Democratic challenger Al Franken finds himself on the cusp of winning a seat in the United States Senate after Minnesota's canvassing board awarded him a host of challenged votes during deliberations on Thursday.
As of 8PM ET, the Minneapolis Star ...
Minnesota elections board says Franken won
thehill.com 1/5/2009 — The Minnesota Board of Canvassers certified Democrat Al Franken as winner of the state’s Senate race, but incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman’s (R) attorneys have vowed to challenge the decision. After two months of political and legal wrangling by both ...
Franken may be sworn in this week
thehill.com 1/6/2009 — Senate leaders may swear Al Franken in this week, even as Sen. Norm Coleman’s (R-Minn.) campaign vowed to move forward with a challenge to the Democrat’s victory. A recount panel on Monday made Franken’s 225-vote win official, as expected, one day ...
Franken is Winning, and Coleman Knows It
fivethirtyeight.com 12/20/2008 — Minnesota's Canvassing Board this afternoon completed the bulk of its review of challenged ballots. The Canvassing Board ruled upon 1,325 challenges, according to numbers prepared by the Star Tribune , including 852 challenges brought by the Coleman ...
In Minnesota, End of the Beginning Starts Today
fivethirtyeight.com 1/3/2009 — UPDATE (9:48 AM): The state will now begin counting the ballots; see The Uptake for live video coverage. The Supreme Court has not yet ruled on Coleman's petition, nor was the recount team in St. Paul willing to delay the counting until it heard from ...
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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CNN Political Ticker 1/5/2009
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) – Democrat Al Franked declared victory in the hotly-contested Minnesota Senate race Monday, calling the win "incredibly humbling."
Minnesota's canvassing board on Monday certified the results of the recount of ...