Franken Gains in Day One of Minnesota Recount

Al Franken closed the vote count gap with incumbent Norm Coleman to 172 on Wednesday, the first day of Minnesota’s statewide U.S. Senate election recount, reports Minnesota Independent.

The Minnesota Secretary of State’s office is posting daily updates of the recount’s running totals, with easily accessible statewide and county-by-county figures, as well as downloadable raw stats broken down by congressional district, state legislative district, county or individual precinct.