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11/5/2008

Senator Al Franken?? Fasten Your Seatbelts Folks…

Filed under: 2008 Election — Justin Levine @ 12:55 am



As of 12:53 AM  PST

98% of Minnesota precincts in…

Secretary of State’s site:

Republican NORM COLEMAN   1,177,879   42.09%

Democrat AL FRANKEN            1,171,077   41.85%

But CNN says:

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

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