The Senate race between Al Franken-the Democrat-and Norm Coleman-the Republican-has finally come to an end after 8 mouths of court fights and re-counting of election ballots. Al Franken was "unaninously" declared the winner by the Minnesota Supreme Court yesterday and Coleman "conceded". His election gives the Democrats a 60 vote margin that has not occurred since the 1970's and a filibuster proof majority. However, two Democratic Senators, Byrd of WVA and Kennedy of MA, are both "absent from the Capitol" due to illness.
(Source: "Nearly 8 months late, Franken wins seat" by Brian Bakst of the AP. The Record on 7/1/09).
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