Minnesota U.S. Senate Recount

Precincts Recounted: 69.85% (2,885 of 4,130)
Ballots Recounted: 60.86%

Norm Coleman (GOP): 751,898 (-540 votes) (42.34%)
Al Franken (DFL): 723,378 (-440 votes) (40.74%)
Other: 298,906 (16.83%)

Ballots challenged by Coleman: 747
Ballots challenged by Franken: 778

Clinton Victorious...In New Mexico Caucus

Hillary Clinton won her 12th state of Election 2008 today - when the results of the New Mexico Caucus from Super Tuesday were finalized some 9 days later. The victory gave Clinton 14 of the 26 delegates tied to the caucus results - with Obama winning the other 12 delegates. Clinton ended up winning by 1,709 votes out of 149,779 cast.

The final results:

Clinton = 48.8%
Obama = 47.7%
Edwards = 1.4%
Richardson = 0.9%
Kucinich = 0.4%
Biden = 0.1%
Dodd = 0.1%
Write-in = 0.1%
Uncommitted = 0.3%

To date Clinton has won 10 state primaries, 2 state caucuses, and American Samoa in addition to the Florida and Michigan primaries. Obama has won 11 state primaries, 10 state caucuses, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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