startribune.com - 1/4/2009
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The Supreme Court has yet to rule on Coleman's request to consider more wrongly rejected ballots.
startribune.com - 1/4/2009
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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fivethirtyeight.com —
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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Pulling away
Rising Hegemon —
Franken's margin is increasing -- can we call him "Landslide Al" now? Meanwhile, Norm Coleman is also going to sue the BBC for not naming him the new "Dr. Who".
Minnesota end game
Political Animal —
MINNESOTA END GAME.... It certainly looks like the unresolved Senate race in Minnesota is over . DFLer Al Franken won an impressive share Saturday of what may be the last ballots tallied in the U.S. Senate recount, boosting his unofficial lead over Sen. Norm Coleman to 225 votes heading into a Monday meeting where the state Canvassing Board will certify the final result of the race. At least two things, however, still stand in the way of Franken becoming Minnesota's newest U.S. senator: the possibility of a ruling by the Minnesota Supreme Court that more wrongly rejected ...
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