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Minn.'s Wait for 2nd Senator Reaches 4th Season

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Summer's start brings the undecided Minnesota Senate election to another dubious milestone. It's now officially a four-season affair.

The post-election fight to determine whether Democrat Al Franken or Republican Norm Coleman won has consumed all or parts of fall, winter, spring and now, summer.

The camps are awaiting a Minnesota Supreme Court ruling, which could propel Franken into the Senate or give Coleman another chance to make up a 312-vote deficit. Justices heard arguments in the case three weeks ago and their verdict could come at any time.

Minnesota has had a single U.S. senator while the election has moved through the courts.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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