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Al Franken's Senate Win Gives Democrats a Super-majority
Yesterday, eight months after November's election, the Supreme Court of Minnesota ruled that Democrat Al Franken unseated Republican Senator Norm Coleman by 312 votes. Dismissing partisan politics and his win as providing Democrats a super-majority, Franken instead stressed his role as Minnesota's second senator.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readYesterday, eight months after November's election, the Supreme Court of Minnesota ruled that Democrat Al Franken unseated Republican Senator Norm Coleman by 312 votes. Dismissing partisan politics and his win as providing Democrats a super-majority, Franken instead stressed his role as Minnesota's second senator. Dana Milbank is national political reporter for the Washington Post.
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