COLEMAN RE-ELECTION CONFIRMED IN 2008 SENATE RACE

Canvassing Board Rejects Unprecedented Efforts to stop recount

ST. PAUL – United States Senator Norm Coleman was confirmed as the winner in the 2008 United States Senate Campaign. Coleman for Senate Campaign Manager, Cullen Sheehan, made the following statement after the certification was announced:

“Today, the Minnesota State Canvassing Board officially recognized the results of the 2008 United States Senate election and prevented the Franken Campaign’s efforts to stop the recount. And, Senator Coleman has, for the third time, been named the winner of the 2008 election. We are grateful to the hundreds of election officials throughout the state who are committed to the execution of a fair and legal election. We appreciate the continued direction by the Secretary of State of a recount that is based on the law and as such counts only those votes that were legally cast and counted on Election Day. We look forward to the beginning of tomorrow’s recount, and to what we believe to be the ultimate conclusion of the final chapter of this year’s election – the re-election of Senator Norm Coleman.”

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