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From NBC's Mark MurrayIn a press release this afternoon, Minnesota's secretary of state announced that the recount in Senate race between Norm Coleman (R) and Al Franken (D) is almost complete. With the exception of one precinct in Minneapolis, which is missing 133 ballots, Coleman holds a 687-vote lead over Franken (1,208,344 to 1,207,657), with 6,655 challenged ballots. A quick caveat on this 687-vote difference: The Minneapolis Star Tribune has Coleman up by 192 votes, while Franken's own ...
Franken Ahead 22 Votes Now, Campaign Says
huffingtonpost.com — Aides to Al Franken's senatorial campaign announced on Wednesday that, for the first time since the recount... began, they were actually ahead of Sen. Norm Coleman. Speaking on a conference call with reporters, Franken's chief counsel Marc Elias said ... (more) Franken Ahead 22 Votes Now, Campaign Says
Statistical Models Now Show Coleman as Slight Favorite
fivethirtyeight.com — With in excess of 90 percent of Minnesota's votes now having been recounted, our statistical models now... show Norm Coleman as the favorite to retain his senate seat, although with a high degree of uncertainty and without accounting the effects of ... (more) Statistical Models Now Show Coleman as Slight Favorite
MN-Senate: Counting Chaos!
MN-Senate: Counting Chaos!
voices.washingtonpost.com — The Minnesota Senate race could end up being decided by a few dozen votes. (Photo -- Reuters/Eric... Miller) As the manual recount in the Minnesota Senate race between Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken nears its conclusion, the... (more) MN-Senate: Counting Chaos!
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Minnesota Senate winner! Either Al Franken or Norm Coleman
Top of the Ticket — ... Depending on whose numbers you believe, Coleman is ahead by 687 votes out of 2,416,001 cast (Coleman), or ahead by 192 (Minneapolis Star Tribune) or losing by four (would you believe that's Franken's count?). ...

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I've been following the news pretty closely in the Franken vs. Coleman race. Coleman's strategy is basically the same as Bush's was in Florida: challenge everything but make sure your votes are the ones that stay in the public eye. That shouldn't be allowed to work this time around. I'm not ...