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abcnews.go.com - 1/5/2009
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abcnews.go.com —
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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Franken Declared Winner in Minnesota Senate Race
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Minnesota Board Expected to Announce Franken Winner
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... Minnesota Star-Tribune: With the recount over, the Canvassing Board is set to meet Monday to declare which candidate received the most overall votes in the Senate race.
And/But: After the announcement there's a seven-day waiting period, giving Coleman the opportunity to file suit and have the election decided in court. ...
Franken to be Declared Winner in Minnesota
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
... of the recount in Minnesota's grueling Senate election in Al Franken's favor -- but that doesn't mean the race is definitely over," the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. ...
Minnesota Recount: Board prepared to declare Franken the winner; Update: Alert the media
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... This comes as no surprise to anyone following the recount — and the vote swing from both the challenges and the absentee ballots. The Canvassing Board will declare its work complete and report that Al Franken leads Norm Coleman by 225 votes , but don’t expect the election to be quite over yet: The state Canvassing Board was posed to certify the results of the recount in Minnesota’s grueling Senate election in Al Franken’s favor — but that doesn’t mean the race is definitely over. The board was to meet Monday and was expected to declare which candidate received the most ...
Franken to Be Declared Winner
Patterico's Pontifications —
The AP reports:
The state Canvassing Board was posed to certify the results of the recount in Minnesota’s grueling Senate election in Al Franken’s favor — but that doesn’t mean the race is definitely over.
I think they mean “poised” but it’s bad either way.
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Minnesota canvassing board certifies Franken win
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 1/5/2009 — Democrat Al Franken moved one step closer Monday to claiming a seat in the Senate.
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Franken to be declared Senate victor in Minnesota
reuters.com 1/5/2009 — 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, a state official said on Sunday.
Uncertainty In Minnesota
marcambinder.theatlantic.com 1/5/2009 — Minnesota's canvassing board is set to certify comedian Al Franken as the winner of the Senate race by 225 votes, or less than one-one thousandth of a percent.
The Secretary of State, a Democrat, will announce that he's going to certify ...
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 ...
Downballot: Franken the winner, for now —
First Read 1/5/2009
COLORADO : Roll Call offers a shortlist for GOP challengers to both Gov. Bill Ritter and his new appointee to fill Ken Salazar's seat, Michael Bennet: "Popular state Attorney General John Suthers (R) is mentioned as a possible candidate for both ...
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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