January 5th, 2009 // comments (0)

Franken Wins Senate Seat

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – 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.http://wjnoblog.com/wp-admin/post-new.php

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.

The official announcement will come later today… but, trust me, this one’s over.

Caroline’s not far behind…

Related:

• January 26, 2009 -- Colman/Franken Battle Heats Up
• January 6, 2009 -- Coleman Challenges MN Recount
• December 19, 2008 -- Franken Takes Lead In Recount
• December 18, 2008 -- Franken Closing In On Coleman
• December 17, 2008 -- Live: The Coleman/Franken Recount
• December 11, 2008 -- Franken In Hail-Mary Web Vid
• December 5, 2008 -- Minnesota Recount Is Over, Kinda
• December 3, 2008 -- Baghdad Bob: Franken Claims Lead
• November 20, 2008 -- More Franken Coleman Ballots
• November 20, 2008 -- Al Franken Is Contesting This?