Minnesota Race Continues to Perplex

Posted on Dec 3, 2008

Collage: US Census / the-isb.com

In case you haven’t been following Al Franken’s fortunes in Minnesota’s ongoing recount, here’s a brief recap: He was down, but not by much, then down by less and, a little later, even less, then he claimed to be up, but now it looks like he’s down again, but not by much. Confused? You’re not alone.

More from AP here.

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Political Wire:

Franken “has been pressing for the media to focus on the campaign’s internal vote totals of the recount, which as of Wednesday showed Franken opening a lead of 22 votes.”

Update: The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports elections officials in Minneapolis “discovered that one precinct came up 133 ballots short of election day totals, resulting in a net loss for Democratic challenger Al Franken of 44 votes.”

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