Al Franken Wins Again!

[PCIntern]

Remember the last time…they were counting votes one at a time by the end of the recount.

[hedgehog]

1. Thank you! That's some comfort on a sad night.

[mucifer]

2. Was there a worry about that one?

[Blanks]

6. Judging by the number of emails asking for money - I'd say that they believed it was close. eom

[jwirr]

20. I think that they did worry that it would be close. They could not forget what happened last time.

[Glimmer of Hope]

3. Yay!

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Sending this to The Greatest Page!

Kudos to Al!

[Agschmid]

5. Wooohooo!

[barbtries]

7. yes!

sigh.

[a kennedy]

8. He's a good man, and proud to have voted for him...

And his hero, Paul Wellstone would have been proud too.

[myrna minx]

9. Yay! So did Governor Dayton!

[Brickbat]

10. Source?

[Wellstone ruled]

11. Way to go Al!!!!

Another DFLer that ran on a positive campaign of his record.

[Puglover]

12. I love being

In a no drama state.

Alas, we tried to "ratfuck" and it just didn't work.



Keith of course won as well.

[dflprincess]

13. Last time he didn't take office until July - when the counting finally ended.

And Governor Dayton (who also went to a recount 4 years ago) was also reelected.

Now, if the DFL can just hang on to the State House of Reps -- fortunately the State Senate was not up this year so it remains in DFL hands.

[jwirr]

19. Yes, hopefully we can hold on to our power as that is the only thing that is going to protect us

from the fed Rs. I was feeling really down so far but Al's win makes up for a lot.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. Glad but surprised. He's a good guy of course - but he's

not too quick on his feet (saw his debate). Guess he got by with that since his opponent was such an asshole ?

[2naSalit]

15. Good!

I get his emails but since I can't vote for him - I live in a different state - I don't send him $$.

I did call his office once to ask him to vote against a rider one of my Senators had planted in a Budget Bill. Since then I get campaign letters.

I'm glad he won though, he's smart and has the right idea about what his job actually is. Wish he were in my red state so I could vote for him.

[Mr.Bill]

16. Lesson to be learned here:

For six years he kept his mouth shut and worked his ass off to do what his constituents sent him to Washington to do. What a novel idea. Nice going, Al. I still think this man could be president one day.

[riverwalker]

17. won by over 200,000 votes

with only 59% in so far.
Bad news is MN6 Michelle Bachmans seat goes to another whacko nut job, Tom Emmer (R).
MN8 with the little lord flaunteroy/"brad pitt" Stewart Mills (R) is neck in neck with Nolan (D)

[jwirr]

18. Good. I knew he would. He is a good man.

[ailsagirl]

21. Great news-- AF isn't afraid of speaking out

He really is a good man.

[3catwoman3]

22. Maybe we will move to Minnesota.

Illinois just effed up the governor's race.