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Franken to be declared Senate victor in Minnesota
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by Dave Keating | January 5, 2009 at 12:24 am
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Former comedian and Democrat Al Franken is set to be decalred the winner of the Minnesota senate race after a tight result resulted in a recount that has lasted since November.
Democrat Al Franken will be declared the winner of the tight U.S. Senate contest in Minnesota, emerging from a ballot recount with a slim margin over Republican Norm Coleman, state officials said on Sunday.
But Coleman, the incumbent, has asked Minnesota's supreme court to require that a few hundred additional absentee ballots be included in the recount -- and he could then ask the court to investigate the contest all over again.
"At the moment, Franken has a 225-vote lead," after the weekend counting of what were deemed the last uncounted absentee ballots, said Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, a Democrat who oversaw the process.
Ritchie said unless the supreme court acts on Coleman's request and orders more ballots to be counted, he will reconvene the state's Canvassing Board on Monday to certify Franken as the winner of the November 4 contest.
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at 00:31 on January 5th, 2009
He sure gave them hell on this and it's important that he did. I felt really bad at first because I knew Franken would love to be involved in politics during this historical presidency. Shortly after the results came in Fraken was using the same language McCain did to concede. I don't know what made him decide to fight it, legal council, or friends, or self determination or what but, its pretty awesome.