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This election, alongside the concurrent Senate election in New Jersey, was the last U.S. Senate election in which both major party candidates were Jewish. [2] When the initial count was completed on November 18, Franken was trailing Coleman by 215 votes. [3] [4] The close margin triggered a mandatory recount.
On the day after the election, Coleman led in the counted votes and claimed victory in the race. Minnesota law requires an automatic recount when the margin between the leading candidates is less than 0.5% of the vote, [18] and the margin between Coleman and Franken was about 0.01%. Barkley came in third with 15%.
While Coleman held a slight lead at the end of election night, the subsequent recount ultimately gave Al Franken a 225-vote lead. [2] A legal challenge by Coleman was unsuccessful and Franken was eventually certified as the winner of the election following a unanimous ruling of the Minnesota Supreme Court, having a final margin of 312 votes. [3]
Swing states, some of which could potentially see petitions for recounts this cycle, have different processes for conducting election ballot recounts. Here's how each swing state conducts a ...
In the 2008 U.S. Senate election, incumbent Republican Senator Norm Coleman was defeated by Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate Al Franken by 312 votes out of over 2.5 million cast after a long series of dramatic, contentious, and expensive re-counts. The party was fined $170,000 for violating federal campaign finance regulations from 2003 to ...
The AP has not yet called the race, but the margin could be within the 1% that allows candidates to petition for a recount.
2007 year-end reports filed with the Federal Election Commission showed that Al Franken had raised $7.04 million through December 31, 2007, while Norm Coleman had raised $6.24 million. Year-end cash on hand was $6.04 million for Coleman and $3.10 million for Franken.
The results of three very close San Juan County races from the Nov. 7 general election did not change after a recount and audit. San Juan County Clerk's Office finishes recounts, audits with no ...