Minnesota U.S. Senate Recount
Precincts Recounted: 50.99% (2,106 of 4,130)
Norm Coleman (GOP): 534,475 (-212 votes) (43.28%)
Al Franken (DFL): 494,804 (-126 votes) (40.07%)
Other: 204,971 (16.60%)
Ballots challenged by Coleman: 360
Ballots challenged by Franken: 374
According to a WISC-TV / Research 2000 poll conducted of 400 likely Democratic primary voters February 13-14, Barack Obama has a 47 to 42 percent lead over Hillary Clinton with 11 percent undecided. Obama also polled ahead of Clinton by a narrow 4-point margin in an earlier survey released this week by Rasmussen, with a field date of February 13th.
The WISC-TV poll also found Republican John McCain leading Mike Huckabee—by a 48 to 32 percent margin, with Ron Paul in third at 7 percent and 13 percent undecided. Rasmussen's poll of 526 likely GOP voters on February 13th gave McCain a similar 51 to 30 percent lead with Paul again at 7 percent.
Wisconsin's open primary is Tuesday, February 19th.