Franken's closing the gap! With 81.72% reporting:

[Dennis Donovan]

Republican NORM COLEMAN 954023 42.03
Democratic-Farmer-Labor AL FRANKEN 948515 41.78

Get 'em AL!!!!!!

[AzNick]

1. Isn't this going to be a runoff anyway?

If none has 50% +1 ?

[Dennis Donovan]

9. I don't think so in a 3 way race...

...although a recount is likely either way.

[Occam Bandage]

16. MN recounts occur when the difference is under 0.5%

[Dennis Donovan]

22. It's within that margin now...

Let's hope he can win by more than half a percent, or keep it within it. Thanks for the info, OB!:hi:

[thesubstanceofdreams]

10. Nope, no runoff, whoever has one more vote than the other candidates wins n/t

[Occam Bandage]

14. No. MN does not have runoffs.

[Left Is Write]

No. Former governor Jesse Ventura won in a three-way race as a Reform party candidate.

I can't remember the exact numbers, but he received somewhere in the neighborhood of 38% of the votes (interestingly, the Republican candidate during that race was Norm Coleman).

[AzNick]

20. He also won those at the Bunny Ranch n/t

[That Is Quite Enough]

Dupe

[That Is Quite Enough]

2. Jesusbloodychrist, DO IT, AL! DO IT, MINNESOTA! DO IT NOW!

Oh my god, that would be so awesome. ROFL.

Sorry. I'm drunk with happiness right now about our other victories tonight.

[WA98296]

3. Hoping for Al!

[still_one]

4. Come on Al, come on Minnesota, give me a reason to respect the state again /nt

[GinaMaria]

5. I really hope he wins this

Coleman's defeat would be justice

[elshiva]

6. GO, FRANKEN, GO!

I LOVE YOU AL!!!!

[nomaco-10]

7. What areas are left? Come on Al, get er done. n/t

[kenny blankenship]

8. Come on Al!

[EconomicLiberal]

11. Link?

[Dennis Donovan]

13. Sorry about that:

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

[Mossbeach]

19. Here you go...

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

[Mossbeach]

23. 83% reporting, Al's down by 9,100

Republican NORM COLEMAN 975021 42.11%
Democratic-Farmer-Labor AL FRANKEN 965891 41.71%

[elshiva]

24. Coleman: 42.11 and Franken 41.71!

OMG! THIS IS SO CLOSE! COME ON AL!

[elshiva]

32. now 42.08 for Coleman, but Franken still 41.71

[Dennis Donovan]

34. It's getting closer!

[Liberal In Texas]

12. Boy, this is a nail biter.

I want Al to win so bad.

And I want Coleman to LOSE. Ever since that video of the hearing with George Galloway.

[elshiva]

18. Coleman is an ASSHOLE!

Al Franken is awesome. :bounce: GO! GO!

[Muttocracy]

15. is Hennepin Co. in yet?

[Occam Bandage]

17. Partly. I don't know whether the remaining precincts are D or R leaning.

[RL3AO]

21. Does everyone have me on ignore?

Its all about St. Louis County. Probably around 80,000 votes still out.

http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20081104/ElecRslts.asp?CtyCd=69&M=CTY&Races=0103&CtyNm=Saint_Louis&ZoneName=&DID=

[wildflower]

25. Thanks for posting that

I've been worrying.

[Dennis Donovan]

26. Thank you for the info!

See - I answered you, so you're not on ignore!;):hi:

[elshiva]

27. OH! He is really ahead in St. Louis County!

YAY!

[RL3AO]

28. The arrowhead (iron range) is Democrat country.

Most of Duluth is still out (there have only been 40,000 or so votes in St. Louis Co despite being 134,000 registered).

[calmblueocean]

29. The Independence Party strikes again.

I just can't believe it. In Al's race, in Tinklenberg's race, and in Ashwin Madia's race, the Independence Party candidate acted as a spoiler and enabled an unpopular Republican to squeak by and win.

This is Jesse Ventura's legacy to this state. Unbelievable. If Democrats want to start winning again, they're going to have to quit ignoring these blowhards and take them down just like any other candidate. Ugh. I'm just disgusted tonight.

[elshiva]

31. I hear you!

[FreeperSux]

30. GO AL!!!!

I've really been pulling for Al since he announced for Senate. Al's sharp, did a great job on Air America radio and of course his books were also terrific. Hard to believe Coleman is threatening to pull it off, but incumbency has its advantages most years.

Come on Al!!!

[Mossbeach]

33. Al's getting closer..now down 7,381 votes with 15% of polls left...

[Mossbeach]

35. 14% left we're down 9,153 votes.....

[elshiva]

36. OH! PLEASE AL!

[Awsi Dooger]

37. This is the race of the night

I'm ready to sweat it for hours, like Johnson in 2002.

[Mossbeach]

38. 87% Reporting, we're down 9884 votes.......this'll go to provisionals in one week...

[Mossbeach]

39. Now coleman's up 12,055 votes with 88% reporting....

[Darth_Ole]

40. A lot of the pro-Franken Iron Range counties are still reporting.

St. Louis Co., for instance, has only about %20 in, I think, and Franken is winning there handily so far. We can still do this. Remember, Jim Webb pulled it out against Allen in the final reported precincts.

[MN Treehugger]

41. Go Al!

So close!

[Mossbeach]

42. 90.07% reporting coleman up by 17,500 votes. not looking good :(