NATIONAL BRIEFING / MINNESOTA
Republican Norm Coleman filed a lawsuit challenging Democrat Al Franken’s apparent recount victory in the U.S. Senate race, delaying a resolution of the contest for weeks or months. Coleman said he wouldn’t accept the Canvassing Board’s determination that Franken captured 225 more votes.
“We are filing this contest to make absolutely sure every valid vote was counted and no one’s was counted more than anyone else’s,” Coleman said at a St. Paul news conference.
He dismissed the idea that he might concede to avoid leaving the state with a single senator for months.
“Something greater than expediency is at stake here,” he said.
Coleman, whose Senate term expired Saturday, led Franken by 215 votes in the Nov. 4 count. That advantage flipped during the prolonged recount.
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