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Monday 5 January 2009

Undecided Contest (2008 Close Contests Summary - Decision by 2% or less)

  1. Minnesota, Senate Class 2. As of afternoon 5 January, Al Franken (Democratic-Farmer Labor) leads Senator Norm Coleman (Republican) by 225 votes out of 2,887,227. The recount began Wednesday 19 November 2008 and the State Canvassing Board has preliminarily certified the vote (with Franken as the apparent victor) Monday 5 January 2009. The losing candidate (who is, technically, no longer the incumbent: as Senator Coleman's term officially expired at Noon EST [1700 UTC] on Saturday 3 January 2009) now has 7 days in which to contest this formal certification. Also on 5 January 2009, the Minnesota State Supreme Court rejected a request from the Coleman campaign to include additional absentee ballots. This election is not expected to be resolved by the time the new Congress is seated on Tuesday 6 January 2009. References: U.S. Senate recount results from the Minneapolis-St. Paul StarTribune.com, Minnesota Secretary of State - US Senate Recount Data


Sunday 4 January 2009

Governor Bill Richardson (D-New Mexico) has withdrawn his name from consideration as the nominee to be President-elect Barack Obama's Secretary of Commerce due to a grand jury investigation into contributors to Richardson's political campaigns. Claiming to have done nothing wrong, the New Mexico Governor nonetheless did not want this to become a distraction for the incoming Obama Administration.



Friday 2 January 2009

On Wednesday 5 November 2008, President-elect Barack Obama announced Congressman Rahm Emanuel would be his Chief of Staff. Congressman Emanuel resigned from Congress on 2 January 2009.

The partisan composition of the 111th Congress is now 256 Democrats, 178 Republicans, and 1 Vacant Seat.


 
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2009 Off Year Election Updated Monday 5 January
 
2009 General Election for Governors, U.S. Senate, and U.S. House
AK AL AR AS AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL GA GU HI IA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO MP MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA PR RI SC SD TN TX UT VA VI VT WA WI WV WY
2009 Incumbents (going into the 3 November 2009 General Election)
Governors
Democratic29
Republican21
Total50
111th Senate
Democratic55
Republican41
(vacant offices)2
Independent1
Independent Democrat1
Total100
111th House
Democratic256
Republican178
(vacant office)1
Total435
 
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