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Recount update: No official recount result until at least next week
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 12/19/2008
Recount update: No official recount result until at least next week
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Recount begins in tightly-contested Minnesota Senate race. MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) - Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie said after a long day of reviewing more challenged ballots Wednesday that a certification of recount results in the race between Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken in Minnesota's Senate race would not be released until next week, [...]
Minnesota Senate recount: Take the Franken-Coleman Ballot Challenge
senaterecount.startribune.com - 12/18/2008
Minnesota Senate recount: Take the Franken-Coleman Ballot Challenge
— senaterecount.startribune.com — RACE AT A GLANCE - Close Resolved challenges Remaining Current vote totals Coleman Franken Other/ no one Coleman Franken Margin Current recount totals 234 64 117 6,742 1,209,169 1,208,811 Coleman by 358 Challenged by Coleman 7 7 6 3,077 Challenged by ... (more) Minnesota Senate recount: Take the Franken-Coleman ...

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Franken The Likely Winner As Minnesota Recount Heads To Finish Line
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/18/2008
Franken The Likely Winner As Minnesota Recount Heads To Finish Line
— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — 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 ... (more) Franken The Likely Winner As Minnesota Recount Heads To ...

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startribune.com - 12/19/2008
Franken pushes his lead over Coleman past 150
— startribune.com — The state Canvassing Board's first rush of ballot rulings in the U.S. Senate race has unofficially put challenger Al Franken in the lead by more than 150. (more) Franken pushes his lead over Coleman past 150

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The BRAD BLOG:  'Daily Voting News' For December 18, 2008

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'Daily Voting News' For December 18, 2008
The BRAD BLOG — ... Just count the ballots, not the possibilities Having ruled on a recount, my advice is to keep it simple. http://www.startribune.c..._Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiU MN: Court weighs absentee ballots http://www.startribune.c...kUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUycaEacyU MN: Canvassing board puzzles over more challenged ballots http://www.startribune.c...kUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUycaEacyU MN: Recount update: No official recount result until at least next week http://politicalticker.b...ntil-at-least-next-week/ MN: Coleman's lead down to 2 votes in ...

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Report: Minnesota Senate race down to 5 votes — CNN.com - Politics 12/19/2008
Republican U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman's unofficial lead over Democrat Al Franken shrank to five votes as a Minnesota Canvassing Board continued analyzing ballots from the November 4 Senate election, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported Friday.  ...