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Barring a successful challenge in court, Al Franken is the winner of Minnesota’s drawn out U.S. Senate race. But Sen. Norm Coleman’s camp said the fight has only just begun. With legal battles to likely ensue, the state may not have a Senator to represent them just yet.

But taxpayers do have a bill for the 62-day recount.

Originally, the Secretary of State put a $75,000 price tag on the recount costs. It has since doubled.

"This is going to cost somewhere around $200,000 or a little more," said Mark Ritchie.

Much of the cost went back to reimbursing local state election officials for their time and a huge chunk of money was spent on overnight shipping services and printing costs.

The day after the election, Coleman himself was quick to criticize Franken for wanting to spend taxpayer money to even conduct a recount.

"It's up to him whether it's worth the taxpayer dollars it will take to conduct it," Coleman had said on Nov. 4.

Now citing claims of missing, double-counted, and uncounted rejected absentee ballots—Coleman’s campaign sent out an email Monday night, asking for more donations to help fund the legal fight.

"Lots of money: That's a safe bet. It's going to be expensive, but we know that it's not taxpayer expense. We're at the part of the process where it's the parties that bear the brunt of it," said Fritz Knaak, attorney for the Coleman campaign.

Coleman’s camp has seven days to file a challenge in the recount. Officials close to the Senator told 5 EYEIWTNESS NEWS the challenge could come in less than 24-hours.