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Newest, Smalleyest Senator Al Franken Declared Winner by 225 Votes

8:30AM STV | Choke on the history, America: After 62 days of counts and recounts, a Saturday Night Live alumnus has officially been elected to represent an actual state in the US Senate. More »

Al Franken Declares Al Franken Winner in Election Recount

4:15AM STV | Congratulations to U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken, who has overcome his narrow Election Day deficit to claim victory in Minnesota over Republican incumbent Norm Coleman. According to Al Franken. More »

Defeated Al Franken Wishing He Had Just Shaken 571 More Hands

2:20AM STV | Not a typo: The AP reports from Minnesota that out of 2.9 million votes cast, Al Franken fell 571 short of upsetting his Republican nemesis Norm Coleman in their U.S. Senate death match. Coleman claimed victory early this morning while the defiant politico comic pledged to fight on with a recount, taking one last tour around the state to rummage beneath couch cushions and car seats for the mislaid ballots that will send him laughing all the way to Washington. And with the caravan of lawyers behind him, that might take a while. More »

Al Franken Faces Toughest Political Challenge Yet From Fellow ‘SNL’ Vet Victoria Jackson

10:30AM Kyle Buchanan | Excuse us, did you just hear a loud thunk? Did it sound something like a gauntlet being thrown down? Because it just got all tense up in here, and we think that’s thanks to the only thing that could derail Al Franken’s unlikely-yet-succeeding candidacy for the U.S. Senate: a stern, bobble-headed rebuke ad from his old Saturday Night Live coworker, Victoria Jackson! You may remember Jackson — less so for her SNL tenure than for her recent proclamations that Barack Obama is an “Anti-Christ whitey-hater.” Now, she and other well-respected Hollywood Republicans like Stephen Baldwin and John Ratzenberger (what, was D.B. Sweeney’s quote too high?) have taken to the airwaves in an attempt to boost Franken’s competitor, Sen. Norm Coleman. For what it’s worth, we think Jackson’s screech of “Go VIKEEEEEENGS!” is indubitably her best work since Handi-Off. Enjoy the clip, after the jump: More »