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AP Predicts Gains for Franken

By | 12.15.08 | 1:45 pm

The Associated Press has done the dirty work of sorting through more than 5,000 challenged ballots in the Minnesota Senate recount, and its analysis should inspire some confidence in supporters of Democrat Al Franken:

The AP’s examination of the remaining challenges found:

- Fewer than half of the challenges

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As Recount Ends, Franken Claims Four-Vote Lead; More Ballots Materialize

By | 12.05.08 | 3:37 pm

In what could end up being the closest Senate race in U.S. history, Al Franken now claims a four-vote lead over incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman in the Minnesota recount, according to our sister site, The Minnesota Independent.

The recount officially ended today, but by any reasonable measure, the More…

Minnesota Update: Ballots Vanish, Pigs on the Loose

By | 12.04.08 | 12:18 pm

The Minnesota Senate recount keeps getting curiouser and curiouser.

After the Al Franken campaign claimed its first lead of the recount yesterday, it appeared to suffer a setback when 133 ballots from Democratic-leaning Minneapolis mysteriously vanished.