MSNBC Talley for Franken (96% of districts reporting),,,

[Indi Guy]

Al Franken (Dem) 1,151,156 42%
Norm Coleman (Rep) 1,150,091 42%
Dean Barkley (Inp) 416,339 15%

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25362448

[HopeFor2006]

1. Al's moving ahead!

:bounce:

[Oddly Stevenson]

4. I think he's going to pull it out.

Most of the areas not through reporting lean Democratic.

[billyoc]

2. Oh, merciful heaven, pleeeeezz...

:woohoo:

[Dr Fate]

3. GO AL!

Please say its so!

[DemFromMem]

5. chunk of St. Louis County just reported

Still about 10% of Hennepin and 15% of St. Louis county and little bits of several small counties.

[FVZA_Colonel]

6. If I was told correctly in another thread, there is no automatic recount, correct?

[Thegonagle]

9. There will be an automatic recount if the margin is less than 0.5%.

And since it's looking like the margin is just that slim, the results won't be official for several days. Recounts are conducted by hand in MN. Thankfully, we can expect that the results won't change by more than a few votes either direction, as our scanners tend to be pretty accurate the first time around.

[HopeFor2006]

11. Automatic recount if the margin is lower than .5%

[No DUplicitous DUpe]

7. CNN's site has Franken with small lead now, too (link)

http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/state/#val=MN

[No DUplicitous DUpe]

13. Franken up by 1003 votes, now. 96% in. nt

[Indi Guy]

22. Thanks...

...this is a close one.

[jgraz]

8. ABC has Al up 2400

[jgraz]

10. now 1400

[liberalla]

12. up-to-the-minute numbers from MN Secy of State:

http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20081104/ElecRslts.asp?M=S&R=all&P=A&Races=''

_________Republican NORM COLEMAN 1145927 42.17
Democratic-Farmer-Labor AL FRANKEN 1134310 41.74

as of 2:14am

[Dr Fate]

14. thanx. n/t

n/t

[MattP]

15. The CNN numbers are ahead of those by a couple of thousand and AL is now up by a thousand.

[Indi Guy]

16. Link? n/t

[MattP]

18. Here you go

http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/state/#val=MN

[Indi Guy]

20. Thanks n/t

[liberalla]

19. see post 7

[liberalla]

17. Yes, I noticed that. Why would CNN have a more accurate count

than the SOS? strange...

[myrna minx]

21. Good lord I did what I could here.

Go AL! We need to take back Paul's seat.

[Blues Heron]

23. Kick for Go AL!!

[Dr Fate]

24. Coleman ahead per CNN

http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/state/#val=MN

[byronius]

25. BUT -- Itasca and St. Louis are the last less counted counties.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/individual/#mapSMN

Roll over the map to see the percentages, with percent counted at the bottom.

On edit -- Damn it!!!

[Dr Fate]

26. MSNBC still has Franken up...n/t

n/t

[byronius]

27. YES! CNN changed to:

Franken 1,186,148 42%
Coleman (Incumbent) 1,184,252 42%
Barkley 428,378 15%


98%

[Dr Fate]

31. Not to obsess- but the Sec of St. results have been fluctuating...

Was at 42.16, then 42.20- now down...

http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20081104/ElecRslts.asp?M=S&R=all&P=A&Races=

[Indi Guy]

28. Now it doesn't look too good (97% precincts reporting )...

Coleman 1,173,170 42%
Franken 1,169,850 42%
Barkley 424,226 15%

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/individual/#mapSMN

[LisaL]

29. Check it again.

They've updated it. Right now he is ahead.

[nico818]

32. Still 84% of precincts reporting in St. Louis county..Keep the faith!

[byronius]

30. Al's up at CNN:

Franken 1,188,073 42%
Coleman(Incumbent) 1,185,786 42%
Barkley 428,945 15%

98% reporting

Unbelievable!

[LisaL]

33. It's like a yo-yo. Up down up down up down.

WTF?

[byronius]

34. Last batches from little red counties.

But St. Louis is the last big one not fully counted,and it's way blue.

[Dr Fate]

35. Fux has Franken lead:

http://elections.foxnews.com/states_map/index.html?stateAbbr=MN

[sohndrsmith]

36. I think the SOS site is behind simply because of technology. CBS seems to have the most updated info

http://election.cbsnews.com/election2008/state.shtml?state=MN

at least after looking at many sites/networks it seems to be the case... good details on this.

[Dr Fate]

37. thanx. n/t

n/t

[byronius]

38. Franken up by 2265

[ps1074]

39. I think Al is going to win this one

He's up in St. Louis county by 25,000 votes with 84% reporting...

Leading by 2:1 in Carlton county with 87% reporting...

He's also up in counties, where he is leading by smaller margins...

He can add several thousand votes to his lead in these counties and win.

[sohndrsmith]

40. I hope so... with 4058 of 4130 precincts reporting it's close but promising! n/t

[lebkuchen]

41. The Duluth area, a huge swath of it, is blue

and it has a ways to go before it reaches 100% Much of the rest of the state is already counted.

Franken should take MN, plus we'll get OR and AK. Hopefully Chambliss will drop below 50% for a revote. We could get 60 yet.

[byronius]

42. Did you hear the one about the two million votes gone missing in Georgia?

[lebkuchen]

45. No, but Georgia's city centers, blue, are still being counted

so hopefully we won't need the 2 million missing to get a revote. Chambliss has to drop below 50%, and I'm pretty sure he will.

Then Obama can send all his lawyers to Georgia for the revote.

I don't know what can be done about 2 million missing right now, but that would make Chambliss's percentage drop all the more paramount. I think he'll go under.

Check out the percentage of vote counted so far. It's looking good for blue as far as a revote goes.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25361806

[byronius]

47. They were all early votes by predominantly African Americans.

I want them counted. TPM has the story.

[byronius]

43. 2270

[lebkuchen]

46. Franken will get it....Duluth area is blue and still being counted....

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25362448

The few red areas not counted are duck-filled lakes.

[Fluffdaddy]

48. Praying

[Dr Fate]

44. Fux shows slight Franken edge:

http://elections.foxnews.com/states_map/index.html?stateAbbr=MN

[POAS]

49. CSPAN @ 4:15 has al ahead by 1,403

PS I predict Norm will sue if he loses, hell he may sue if he wins!

[democrat2thecore]

52. out of a couple million plus votes - wow. -nt

[byronius]

50. CNN shows 1164 with 99% reporting. GOOOOOO!!!!

[Dr Fate]

51. Coleman up-shit. n/t

http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/state/#val=MN

[democrat2thecore]

53. Look at this - DAMN!

[regnaD kciN]

54. Most of the outstanding votes seem to be in pro-Franken counties...

...plus, I understand there are provisional ballots yet to be counted.

[democrat2thecore]

55. Fingers crossed for AL!! -nt