By the numbers

Published July 14, 2010 4:00am EST | Updated October 29, 2023 9:33am EST



The 2008 Senate race between Norm Coleman and Al Franken was tight, tight, tight. So close, in fact, that a conservative watchdog group, Minnesota Majority, says convicted felons may have pushed Franken over the top. Here’s what a new study reflects:

341

The number of convicted felons who illegally voted in the 2008 Minnesota U.S. Senate election in the heavily Democratic Minneapolis-St. Paul area

312

The number of votes by which Sen. Al Franken won