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Democrat Al Franken won a key court ruling Tuesday in his bid to replace Norm Coleman, a Minnesota Republican trying to hold on to his Senate seat.
A three-judge panel ruled that only 400 absentee ballots — far fewer than Coleman had sought — should be examined for possible counting. Coleman trails by 225 votes out of 2.9 million cast.
Even if the results put Coleman further in the hole, he could fight on before the Minnesota Supreme Court or in the federal courts. His lawyer said Coleman had not given up.
Marc Elias, a lawyer for Franken, told reporters, “We feel pretty good about where we stand.”
