Election officials in St. Lucie County will recount early votes cast in the hotly contested race for Florida's 18th district's House seat between Tea Party favorite Rep. Allen West and his challenger, Democrat Patrick Murphy.
The St. Lucie County Canvassing Board announced late Saturday it had set an “emergency meeting” to start at 7 a.m. Sunday at its headquarters, to “recount all ballots cast during early voting.” The number of early ballots is estimated by officials to be roughly 37,000.
West, who has refused to concede the race, is currently trailing Murphy by 2,442 votes, according to the latest results from Florida Division of Elections. On its website, the agency says West has garnered 164,448 votes to Murphy’s 166,890.
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5 comments:
St Lucie county had something like 140% voter turnout. It's more than just early votes. Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
Hungering to hear from Gov Romney & Ann in person & not just email thanking supporters. Any news when that might be?
JRTerrier5,
Other than his concession speech where he & Ann thanked everyone, I don't think you're going to hear from them for awhile. they've said it all already.
Good Luck Col. West! Semper Fi.
I certainly hope Mr. West retains his seat. The 7th congressional seat here in NC is still undecided and it looks like a recount effort is going ot happen also. Our seat would be a pickup for the GOP if things go well but I wish the very best to Mr. West. He is truly an American hero for his service to our country.
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