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Emotional Franken vows to honor Wellstone

Klobuchar, Franken

Klobuchar, Franken

At a State Capitol rally, the state's junior senator said he will continue Paul Wellstone's work in Washington.

DAY 209

Al Franken leads by 312 votes

  Coleman Franken
Votes awarded by recount trial judges 111 198
Current vote count 1,212,317 1,212,629
Key dates of recount - Graphic: Recount timeline
Nov. 5: Initial vote count +477
Nov. 19: At start of the hand recount +215
Dec. 5: After the hand recount +192
Dec. 19: After Canvassing Board review of challenged ballots +251
Dec. 30: After board review of withdrawn challenges +49
Jan. 5: After board review of rejected absentee ballots +225

More race results:

Which Al Franken will show up in Washington?

Will it be the passionate, sometimes angry liberal who hurled playground insults at Rush Limbaugh as an author and radio host? Or will it be the cautious, serious Franken who buttoned himself down the minute he hit the campaign trail?

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