Democratic candidate Al Franken has expanded his lead in that state's months-old Senate race, USA TODAY's John Fritze reports. Franken's lead over Republican Norm Coleman has grown to 312 votes after a court counted 351 absentee ballots that had been incorrectly rejected....
....The counting of additional ballots is part of a Coleman lawsuit challenging the results of the November election. The outcome of the race has been closely watched by both parties because Democrats are currently two votes shy of the 60 needed to overcome Republican-led filibusters in the Senate.
The new totals: Franken, 1,212,629; Coleman, 1,212,317.....
Norm Coleman, a hand-picked George W. Bush candidate, needs to surrender to the will of the people. Give it up, Norm!
