molson_golden2002 Posted November 7, 2008 Posted November 7, 2008 http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/...L7PQLanchO7DiUr J ust as Secretary of State Mark Ritchie was explaining to reporters the recount process in one of the narrowest elections in Minnesota history, an aide rushed in with news: Pine County's Partridge Township had revised its vote total upward -- another 100 votes for Democratic candidate Al Franken, putting him within .011 percentage points of Republican U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman. The reason for the change? Exhausted county officials had accidentally entered 24 for Franken instead of 124 when the county's final votes were tallied at 5:25 Wednesday morning. The margin in the tightest Senate race in the country bounced like the stock market throughout the day, with the difference between Coleman and Franken dropping, then rising briefly to 590 votes before shooting down to a razor-thin 239 as of 11:30 a.m. Friday.
molson_golden2002 Posted November 10, 2008 Author Posted November 10, 2008 Al Franken's deficit just keeps on shrinking as the state adjusts the unofficial tally in the U.S. Senate election last week. Today's latest results show the DFL challenger is now trailing Republican incumbent Norm Coleman by 204 votes. That's down from 221 over the weekend. As of 12:10 p.m., Coleman has 1,211,560 votes to Franken's 1,211,356. The difference between Coleman and Franken, which stood at 725 votes in Coleman's favor Wednesday morning, has changed several times since then as county officials have checked results and sent the adjusted figures to the state. For the most part, the margin between the two has narrowed with each change. http://www.startribune.com/politics/nation...L7PQLanchO7DiUs
Max Fischer Posted November 10, 2008 Posted November 10, 2008 http://www.startribune.com/politics/nation...L7PQLanchO7DiUs Doubt Franken will make it up - and, frankly, as a Dem I'm not sure I want to see him in the Senate. Way too goofy. Would rather have two less Senate seats in exchange for defeating that prick Saxby Chambliss. Also, I think Dems may have a better chance of toppling Stevens when all the votes are counted. (see: 538.com for analysis).
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