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DEL.ICIO.USMeanwhile, up in Minnesota…..
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
On the heels of Jim Martin’s big loss in Georgia’s U.S. Senate, the Democratic campaign of Al Franken now says that its internal tally shows Franken ahead for the first time, by 22 votes, in a recount of his contest against GOP incumbent Norm Coleman.
This from Politico:
Al Franken’s campaign attorney Marc Elias said today that, based on its latest internal tally, Franken has taken the lead over Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) for the first time in the recount process.
In a conference call, Elias said Franken leads Coleman by 22 votes at the end of last night’s count.
“We are ahead by 22 votes at the close of business at the end of last night,” Elias said. “We continue to believe we will gain votes during the challenge and review process, and feel good generally where we stand in the recount.”
The official secretary of state count shows Coleman leading by Franken by 303 votes, with more than 6,000 ballots disputed by both camps. The Franken campaign has argued the number is misleading, given that none of the disputed ballots are included in that tally. The Franken tally assumes the challenges from both camps are invalid.
Comments
By Tipper
December 3, 2008 6:05 PM | Link to this
Bush is trying to steal the election from AlGore. Oh, wait, that is so 2000. Franken better find some way to “discover” some more ballots or the Dems will lose this on too.
By Mark Reynolds
December 3, 2008 10:58 PM | Link to this
Nov. 4 Ballots Cast for Norm Coleman 1177465 Nov. 4 Ballots Cast for Al Franken 1188736
From the Secretary of States office, and that is with 97 percent counted and with Coleman challenging more ballots. The ending should be quite interesting.