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In the 2008 elections for the US Senate, the 3BlueDudes site countscounted the results as
Final Projection: DEMS: 58 GOP: 39 INDEP: 2 Runoff: 1
3BlueDudes called Alaska for Begich (D) and Minnesota for Franken (D). We will examine the data for ourselves. We havehad a mandatory recount in Minnesota, an extremely tight race in Alaska, and a runoff in Georgia. Democrats have no excuse not to win all three. Lawyers and volunteers have gathered for legal challenges,challenges and observing recounts,recounts. andOn Dec. continuing3, thewe campaignare inat Georgia,D but57, manyR more40, volunteersI are2, needed.with Minnesota still a total nail-biter.
Neither candidate reached 50% of the vote,vote on Election Day, due to a third-party challenger. The resulting mandatory runoff between Democrat Jim Martin and Republican Saxby Chambliss iswas scheduled for Dec. 2. You can volunteer either in Georgia or by phonebanking from out of state. Bill Clinton and JohnMcCain will both beChambliss therewon campaigning.convincingly.
Chambliss is notorious for his smear campaign against Sen. Max Cleland, claiming that this Vietnam veteran and triple amputee is not patriotic. VoteThis suppressiontime, iswith stronglythe suspected,Democrats bothclearly in 2002the andascendant, thisChambliss time.ran Buta thismuch time,more itcentrist willand bemoderately-toned investigated.campaign.
It iswas considered extremely important to defeat Chambliss, not only for Georgia's sake, but because that giveswould have given the Democrats plus one Independent the 60 votes to cut off a filibuster without Joe Lieberman (D-CT). Please volunteer.
Some (Guess who!) tried to call the election before all of the early and absentee ballots were counted, when Stevens was ahead in the partial count. The later counting ran significantly toward Begich, who took the lead.
Update: Begich has won, and top Republicans have called on Stevens to resign from the Senate.
Norm Coleman was ahead by the utterly miniscule margin of 206 votes in the initial count. The mandatory recount began on Wednesday Nov. 19. The Franken recount observer team and legal team are much better organized than the Coleman teams. Franken has won several important legal challenges.
On Dec. 2, the Franken team reported their estimate that Franken was only 50 votes behind. Someone discovered 171 uncounted ballots, giving Franken another 37. The rejected absentee ballots have still to be examined.
Final Projection: DEMS: 58 GOP: 39 INDEP: 2 Runoff: 1
3BlueDudes called Alaska for Begich (D) and Minnesota for Franken (D). We will examine the data for ourselves. We havehad a mandatory recount in Minnesota, an extremely tight race in Alaska, and a runoff in Georgia. Democrats have no excuse not to win all three. Lawyers and volunteers have gathered for legal challenges,challenges and observing recounts,recounts. andOn Dec. continuing3, thewe campaignare inat Georgia,D but57, manyR more40, volunteersI are2, needed.with Minnesota still a total nail-biter.
Georgia
Neither candidate reached 50% of the vote,vote on Election Day, due to a third-party challenger. The resulting mandatory runoff between Democrat Jim Martin and Republican Saxby Chambliss iswas scheduled for Dec. 2. You can volunteer either in Georgia or by phonebanking from out of state. Bill Clinton and JohnMcCain will both beChambliss therewon campaigning.convincingly.
Chambliss is notorious for his smear campaign against Sen. Max Cleland, claiming that this Vietnam veteran and triple amputee is not patriotic. VoteThis suppressiontime, iswith stronglythe suspected,Democrats bothclearly in 2002the andascendant, thisChambliss time.ran Buta thismuch time,more itcentrist willand bemoderately-toned investigated.campaign.
It iswas considered extremely important to defeat Chambliss, not only for Georgia's sake, but because that giveswould have given the Democrats plus one Independent the 60 votes to cut off a filibuster without Joe Lieberman (D-CT). Please volunteer.
Alaska
Some (Guess who!) tried to call the election before all of the early and absentee ballots were counted, when Stevens was ahead in the partial count. The later counting ran significantly toward Begich, who took the lead.
Update: Begich has won, and top Republicans have called on Stevens to resign from the Senate.
Minnesota
Norm Coleman was ahead by the utterly miniscule margin of 206 votes in the initial count. The mandatory recount began on Wednesday Nov. 19. The Franken recount observer team and legal team are much better organized than the Coleman teams. Franken has won several important legal challenges.
On Dec. 2, the Franken team reported their estimate that Franken was only 50 votes behind. Someone discovered 171 uncounted ballots, giving Franken another 37. The rejected absentee ballots have still to be examined.
