Tracking the GOP race to 2012
Gov. Tim Pawlenty certified Al Franken as the victor in Minnesota's 2008 Senate race, and was declared by one blogger as the real winner in the race.
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Chris Good is a political reporter for ABC News. He was previously an associate editor at The Atlantic and a reporter for The Hill.