dailykos.com - 1/5/2009
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The headlines tell the most important story: today, it becomes official -- Al Franken has won, and is your U.S. Senator-elect from the great state of Minnesota. Minneapolis Star-Tribune : Senate race certification set for Monday with Franken up 225 votes CNN : Panel to declare Franken ...
reuters.com - 1/5/2009
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reuters.com —
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Democrat Al Franken will be
declared the winner of the tight U.S. Senate contest
in Minnesota, emerging from a ballot recount with a slim margin over Republican Norm Coleman, state officials said on Sunday. But Coleman, the ...
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Franken to be declared Senate victor in ...
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Coleman
Eschaton —
I'm not one to push for people to concede elections. There's a tendency by our media to portray "votes tallies at the time they want to go to bed on election night" as the real election counts when they generally aren't. If the Coleman campaign genuinely believes they have a legitimate legal challenges to bring, they should feel free. But if they're just playing games, it's probably time to stop. ...
Minn. Supreme Court Denies Coleman petition
The Moderate Voice —
... is scheduled to meet this afternoon to review recount results. Heading into the meeting, Franken holds an unofficial 225-vote lead.
The morning headlines tell the story:
Minneapolis Star-Tribune: Senate race certification set for Monday with Franken up 225 votes
CNN: Panel to declare Franken winner of Senate race
Washington Post: Franken to be declared Senate victor in Minnesota
Those and more via Jed L at DailyKos.
MediaMatters isn’t happy that MSNBC’s Contessa Brewer ...
Lots of Al Franken updates, starting with: He won
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
... Also, Jed has a great, and lengthy, summary of the latest news on the Al Franken vs. Norm Coleman Senate race in Minnesota. Rather than try to excerpt it, just read what Jed has. ...
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From NBC’s Domenico MontanaroAfter 62 days of counting and re-counting nearly three million ballots, the Minnesota State Canvassing Board today certified results showing Democrat Al Franken as the winner of the Minnesota Senate race.
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Franken claims victory in Minnesota —
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