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The latest in Minnesota

Top of the Ticket found this 12/6/2008 on firstread.msnbc.msn.com

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 ...