Al On Verge Of Being Senator Franken
By:Radar Staff
Jan. 5 2009, Published 11:58 a.m. ET
As RadarOnline.com has reported, Democrat Al Franken and Republican Norm Coleman have been locked in a 2 month-old battle for the Minnesota Senate race. And it now looks like Franken is finally the victor with a lead of 225 votes.
Coleman's only hope seems to be to win a pending court petition seeking to include hundreds of absentee ballots which were excluded.
However, the former SNL writer/performer seems certain of victory.
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"We are confident since there are no ballots left to count the final margin will stand with Al Franken having won the election by 225 votes," said Marc Elias, Franken's attorney.
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