Al Franken’s(D) campaign said that the comedian has taken the lead in his raceagainst Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN), according to The Hill.Franken ‘has been pressing for themedia to focus on the campaign’s internal vote totals of the recount, which asof Wednesday showed Franken opening a lead of 22 votes.’ The official count shows Coleman leading by 295 votes.’To drive home its point, the campaign will withdrawhundreds of challenges that it determines have no merit in the state’s ongoingrecount.’
