Minnesota's Senate race goes on (and on and on)

Tuesday, April 07, 2009

The epic battle between Republican Norm Coleman (L) and Democrat Al Franken (R) for the Minnesota U.S. Senate seat continues (Flickr user scott mcleod (cc: by-nc-sa) flickr user camp (cc:by))

A Minnesota state panel is set today to begin a final recount of contested ballots in the state’s epic Senate race between Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken. At stake in today’s recount are 387 absentee ballots, which probably won’t be enough to swing the election in Coleman's favor, but Coleman says he's not backing down. The Takeaway talks to Minnesota Public Radio reporter and Polinaut blogger Tom Scheck. Again.

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