Senator Al Franken?? Fasten Your Seatbelts Folks…
As of 12:53 AM PST
98% of Minnesota precincts in…
Republican NORM COLEMAN 1,177,879 42.09%
Democrat AL FRANKEN 1,171,077 41.85%
FRANKEN 1,188,073 42%
COLEMAN 1,185,786 42%
UPDATE as of 5:07AM from the Minneapolis Star-Tribune:
Sen. Norm Coleman is leading Democratic challenger Al Franken in one of the most bitter U.S. Senate races in Minnesota history.
With 99 percent of the 4,130 precincts reporting, Coleman maintains an unofficial margin of less than 800 votes out of nearly 2.9 million cast, almost assuring that there will be a recount. Required in races with a winning margin of less than one half of 1 percent, the recount could delay a final result for days while ballots are retabulated across the state.
– Justin Levine