Franken’s Lead Widens in Minnesota Recount

By Shira Toeplitz
Roll Call Staff
Jan. 3, 2009, 8:01 p.m.

Comedian Al Franken (D) extended his unofficial lead over Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) to at least 220 votes as state officials added 953 wrongfully rejected absentee ballots to the recount tally, the Associated Press reported Saturday evening.



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