Franken's Lead Grows In Minn.'s Senate Race
By Perry Bacon Jr.
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Democrat Al Franken yesterday increased his small lead over Republican Norm Coleman in the protracted dispute over the race for a U.S. Senate seat representing Minnesota, but it remains unclear when the five-month legal battle will end.
A state court ordered more than 300 absentee ballots that had previously been excluded to be counted yesterday, and the results increased Franken's lead from 225 votes to 312.
Though the three-judge panel reviewing the election has not finished making all of its rulings, the count will make it virtually impossible for Coleman to move ahead of Franken in this stage.
(More here.)
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Democrat Al Franken yesterday increased his small lead over Republican Norm Coleman in the protracted dispute over the race for a U.S. Senate seat representing Minnesota, but it remains unclear when the five-month legal battle will end.
A state court ordered more than 300 absentee ballots that had previously been excluded to be counted yesterday, and the results increased Franken's lead from 225 votes to 312.
Though the three-judge panel reviewing the election has not finished making all of its rulings, the count will make it virtually impossible for Coleman to move ahead of Franken in this stage.
(More here.)
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