Franken down 17000 with 71% reporting

[dccrossman]

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

Adding MN Sec of State site:
http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20081104/ElecRslts.asp?M=S&R=all&P=A&Races=''

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. C'mon Al!

[pstokely]

2. Already lost according to Minn sec of state site

http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20081104/ElecRslts.asp?M=S&R=all&P=A&Races=%27%27

[Muttocracy]

6. no - only 1/3 of counties complete - Mpls and Duluth still coming in! nt

[brentspeak]

7. No, not all the precincts have reported yet

[Muttocracy]

3. from NYT, I don't think Mpls and Duluth are in yet! nt

[shireen]

4. very disappointing.

i was really hoping he'd win. :(

[Mister Ed]

5. Closing the gap with 82% reporting

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

Independence DEAN BARKLEY 352105 15.31
Republican NORM COLEMAN 968347 42.10
Democrat AL FRANKEN 959526 41.72

[shireen]

10. is that independent guy siphoning votes from Franken?

this is not the way to run elections with more than 2 candidates! There should have been a run-off. MN is getting stuck with that creep Coleman. :(

[marmar]

8. Seems like the Barkley guy's candidacy has really bollocksed things up for Al.....

n/t

[TygrBright]

9. And I hope Barkley gets ambushed by a buncha DFLers and given a monster noogie!

Dickhead.

irritatedly,
Bright

[dccrossman]

11. Franken won the Exit Polls...

In theory, he should win by 4 points, and the Independent was expected to take votes from his opponent rather than him.

There's still hope out of the more densely populated areas.

[defendandprotect]

12. There's something odd going on -- was a bigger sweep stolen -- ???

And where were the exit polls all nite--???