Cheat Sheet

With the main presidential show long over, it’s easy to overlook the fact that Minnesota’s Senate race is still unresolved. So what exactly is going in the Land of 1,000 Lakes? DailyKos has a rundown: Officially, with 99.37 percent of the precincts reporting, Al Franken has a 6,000 vote lead over Norm Coleman. However, the remaining precincts are expected to reduce that lead to more or less the same number the recount started with—a Coleman lead of 251 votes. The campaigns have challenged 5,000 votes, and it will be hard to tell where the election stands until the state canvassing board meets to review them on December 16. Franken’s team is claiming a lead of 10 votes, but this doesn’t count for 133 missing ballots in a strong Franken precinct that have cost him 36 votes. The state will extend the recount to accommodate the search for the ballots.