the-reaction.blogspot.com - 11/10/2008
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By Michael J.W. Stickings Well, not exactly. I mean, it's not like the outcome of the presidential election depends on the outcome of Minnesota's Senate election or anything, but, still, the extremely close race between Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken, with a recount ...
fivethirtyeight.com - 11/10/2008
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fivethirtyeight.com —
Votes counted in Minnesota's senate race: 2,833,089 Votes
separating Norm Coleman and Al Franken: 221 Determining a
candidate's odds of winning a recount is a function of three parameters. The first parameter is the margin separating the leading and ...
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Franken's Odds of Winning Recount May Be Long -- or Short
foxnews.com - 11/10/2008
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foxnews.com —
Monday, November 10, 2008 By John R. Lott
Jr. Minnesota is becoming to 2008 politics what Florida
was in 2000 or Washington State in 2006 -- a real mess. The outcome will determine whether Democrats get 58 members of the U.S. Senate, giving them an ...
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Minnesota Ripe for Election Fraud - Opinion
ksax.com - 11/9/2008
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ksax.com —
A judge ruled Saturday that 32 new absentee
ballots will be counted in the race for U.S.
Senate. Coleman's campaign learned of the new ballots Friday night after a phone call from Minneapolis elections director Cynthia Reichert. "We were actually told ...
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Judge rules new ballots will be counted in close Senate ...
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Franken Edges Closer in Minnesota
The Moderate Voice —
... I wrote yesterday evening that Coleman’s margin over Franken had narrowed to just 239. Well, it was down this morning to 204, according to the ...
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