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Notes jotted on hundreds of clipboards create the raw data stream. Number crunchers in back offices do the rest as both sides in Minnesota's close governor's race chart every ballot challenged in a statewide manual recount of more than 2.1 million ballots.
On Tuesday there was a big move on at the Minnesota State Capitol -- literally. For the first time in four decades, Democrats who lost the election are moving out and victorious Republicans are moving in.
A recount has confirmed Republican Rich Murray as the winner of a southern Minnesota House seat that had been held the past four years by Democrat Robin Brown.
The head of Minnesota's Republican Party is making his boldest statements yet about a potential court case that could follow a statewide recount in the governor's race.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is back on the road for a speech in Atlanta dealing with his approach toward government regulation.
Democrat Mark Dayton is bound for Washington to meet with Democratic governors and governors-elect, even though he can't claim either title himself.
Day one of the Minnesota governor's race recount is in the books, and Democrat Mark Dayton is still in the lead.
St. Cloud DFL candidate Carol Lewis has conceded a close Minnesota House race to Republican King Banaian.
Thousands of sensitive government documents are now online for the world to see and a Minnesota politician is calling for a tough punishment.
Election officials around Minnesota are cracking the seals on ballot boxes as they launch a recount in the state's governor's race.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty lights his last Christmas tree at the governor's mansion on Monday.
Election officials are keeping the 47-day slog through the ballots in Minnesota's 2008 U.S. Senate race in mind as they prepare for their second statewide recount in as many years, but they're optimistic the recount between Democrat Mark Dayton and Republican Tom Emmer will go more quickly.
Former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman says he won't pursue the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee as long as Michael Steele wants to keep the job.
Time is running out for thousands of Minnesotans who are collecting federal emergency unemployment benefits.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer says he won't go to court to challenge the results of the upcoming recount if it's clear he can't win.
