The U.S. Senate race in Minnesota between Republican incumbent Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken has gone into overtime. A state-mandated recount was triggered when the original vote count showed that Coleman was leading by less than one percent. As of this posting, the lead is down to 236.
We're hearing plenty of theories as to why we're in this situation. One is that neither candidate was fully embraced by the voters, given all the negative advertising we've been subjected to. Another is that an Independence Party candidate (Dean Barkley this time) has once again played spoiler to both candidates in a statewide election. Maybe one of these days, someone other than Jesse Ventura can actually win one of them.
Barack Obama may have kept Minnesota's streak of voting for the Democratic presidential candidates alive. But he couldn't alter the status quo. All the incumbents--Tim Walz, Michelle Bachmann, John Kline, Keith Ellison, James Oberstar--retained their seats in Congress. Erik Paulsen kept the Third District seat in GOP hands with his win over Democrat Ashwin Madia, following in the footsteps of Bill Frenzel and Jim Ramstad.
Senator Coleman had the gall to declare victory and for Franken to concede. But now they and the rest of us must wait to see which one of them joins the club in Washington. It can't come soon enough.
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