reuters.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 ...
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.
thehill.com - 1/5/2009
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thehill.com —
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 ...
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Minnesota elections board says Franken won
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Al Franken to Be Handed Coleman's Senate Seat
Moonbattery —
... Benjamin Franklin said the Founding Fathers had given us a republic, "if you can keep it." Unfortunately, it appears that we can't: ...
A real clown takes a Senate seat
Michelle Malkin —
[image] It’s all but official: A professional Democrat clown will join all the amateur ones already in the Senate. Al Franken is going to Washington: 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 to require that a few hundred additional absentee ballots be included in the recount — and he could then ask the court to investigate the contest all over ...
Al Franken Going to the Senate?
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... Flap finds this whole situation in the Minnesota Senate race hilarious.
It’s all but official: A professional Democrat clown will join all the amateur ones already in the Senate.
Al Franken is going to Washington:
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 to require that a few hundred additional ...
Franken Wins Minnesota Senate Race
Drudge Retort —
Monday, January 05, 2009 Franken Wins Minnesota Senate Race 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. Posted by ...
Who Are You People in Minnesota?!
blonde sagacity —
... The outcome found Franken edged Coleman by 225 votes out of nearly 2.9 million votes cast, but Coleman's lawyers complained the recount was conducted unfairly and promised a court contest that could take weeks to resolve..." (source) ...
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Franken Declared Winner in Minnesota Senate Race
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TheHill.com
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 ...
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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.
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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 ...
Minnesota Court: No To Coleman, And Yes/No/Maybe To Franken
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/24/2009 — The Minnesota election court handed down two rulings tonight, one of which should be regarded as an unambiguous defeat for Norm Coleman -- and the other should probably leave Al Franken cautiously optimistic.
First, the court completely denied ...
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 ...
Franken claims victory in Minnesota —
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 ...
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