marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 1/5/2009
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Minnesota's canvassing board is set to certify comedian Al Franken as the winner of the Senate race by 225 votes, or less than one-one thousandth of a percent.
The Secretary of State, a Democrat, will announce that he's going to certify the race.
At that point, Republican ...
startribune.com - 1/5/2009
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 ...
startribune.com - 1/5/2009
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startribune.com —
The action concludes the recount, with Democrat Franken
ahead by 225 votes, but the Coleman campaign has...
said it plans a legal challenge. In a brief appearance, Franken said he is "proud to stand before you as your next senator."
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Recount results certified with Franken on top
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What's going on in Minnesota
Ben Smith's Blog —
In short, it seems: Franken is about to win, formally; but a ruling against Coleman today doesn't mean that he's out of legal options. It just means that his (increasingly longshot) fight now goes through the courts, not through the state's election apparatus.
If Coleman contests the election, that could take a while; in the meantime, Franken has a pretty good case to make that he has "won."
Cillizza and Ambinder explain at more length.
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