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Al Franken declares victory in Minnesota Senate race, January 5, 2009
reuters.com - 1/6/2009
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reuters.com —
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
yielded to Republican threats and agreed on Monday not
to immediately seat fellow Democrat Al Franken, whose razor-close victory in Minnesota faces legal challenges. Senate Republicans had ...
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Senate Democrats put off plans to seat Franken
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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 ...
thehill.com - 1/5/2009
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thehill.com —
The Minnesota Board of Canvassers certified Democrat Al
Franken as winner of the state’s Senate race, but
incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman’s (R) attorneys have vowed to challenge the decision. After two months of political and legal wrangling by both ...
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Minnesota elections board says Franken won
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Al Franken declares victory:
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Franken Declares Victory
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Go Al! Via TPM: As someone who defended Norm Coleman's (and before that, Al Franken's) right to avail himself of all legal options to be sure that he did not win, I think it is time to acknowledge Franken's victory. Coleman must know now he has lost. He has no path to victory now. For the sake of Minnesota, he should concede. Speaking for me only ...
Franken Declares Victory
Drudge Retort —
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. Posted by dxlingr at 08:30 PM | 218 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry |
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First Read 1/5/2009
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.
The decision ...
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CNN Political Ticker 1/5/2009
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) – Democrat Al Franked declared victory in the hotly-contested Minnesota Senate race Monday, calling the win "incredibly humbling."
Minnesota's canvassing board on Monday certified the results of the recount of ...