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BREAKING: AP un-calls MN Senate race
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
Game on. The Associated Press is uncalling the Minnesota Senate race. Republican Sen. Norm Coleman finished ahead of Democrat Al Franken early Wednesday in the final vote count, but his 571-vote margin falls within the state's mandatory recount law. That law requires a recount any time the margin between the top two candidates is less than one-half of one percent. The AP called the race prematurely. Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie said the recount won't begin until mid-November at the earliest and will probably stretch into December. It ...
Minnesota Senate Race Goes to Recount
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
The Associated Press "is uncalling the Minnesota Senate race." Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) finished ahead of Al Franken (D) "early Wednesday in the final vote count, but his 571-vote margin falls within the state's mandatory recount law. That law requires a recount any time the margin between the top two candidates is less than one-half of one percent."
AP Calls, Then Uncalls Minn. Senate Race for Coleman
News —
... The Associated Press flip-flopped in its call of the tight race in Minnesota between Sen. Norm Coleman (R) and Democrat Al Franken. The wire service initially declared Coleman the winner, but then pulled back its decision and noted that Coleman's current lead is small enough to set off a state-wide recount. Coleman leads by 762 votes out of 2.9 million cast. Both candidates received 42 percent of the vote while former Sen. Dean Barkley (I) received 15 percent. The recount isn't expected to start until mid-November, according to Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie.
MN-Sen: No final results for a while
Daily Kos —
... elections like these, the will of the people is accurately reflected in the outcome. This has been a long campaign, and it's going to be a little longer before we have a winner. Senator Coleman, Senator Barkley, and I have done a lot of talking. Minnesotans have waited a long time to have THEIR say. And thanks to our state's laws, we will eventually understand precisely what they have said. With 100 percent in, the margin is 694 votes. The recount will take a while. Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie said the recount ...
Democrats score huge Congressional win
WTF Is It Now?!? —
... Possible run-offs may be called for in Minnesota, where it's thisclose between Al Franken and rethug incumbent Norm Coleman, and in Georgia, where human scumwad Saxby Chambliss secretly plays with himself under a poster of a swiftboat. ...
