Posted on 11/10/2012 10:54:58 AM PST by Red Steel
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.(AP) — Firebrand GOP Rep. Allen West, whose made-for-TV rhetoric made him a prized voice of extreme conservatives, has been ousted by political newcomer Patrick Murphy, according to the state's vote count Saturday, but the incumbent was not planning to concede.
In complete but unofficial numbers, Murphy held a 2,442-vote lead in the District 18 race. His 50.4 percent of the vote was above the threshold for a recount, but West's campaign said they would press forward.
"We're simply not going to just walk away from the race until we see that the numbers add up," West campaign manager Tim Edson said.
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West's campaign insists there are many unanswered questions in the race, mostly centered in St. Lucie County, the only one of three counties in the district that Murphy won. They've expressed concern votes were counted twice and have asked to review sign-in books from the polls to ensure the number of voters matches the ballot count.
Edson said "we will absolutely take legal action" if the documentation is not made available.
"If all the votes have been counted and we see that those numbers do add up," Edson said, "then obviously the congressman will concede at that time."
Under state law, West still could contest the election if they believe misconduct or fraud might have changed its result.
In an interview Friday with television station WPEC, West said "being a member of Congress does not define who I am" and that he was not conceding because he believed the voters deserved such action.
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It has nothing to do with how badly he was beaten.
There was voter fraud in Ohio, if he just walks away there will be voter fraud next time.
The Democrats know there will be nothing done, they bank on it.
Romney should be raising hell. Thats another reason he doesn’t deserve to win.
“...whose made-for-TV rhetoric made him a prized voice of extreme conservatives...”
Wow, no political bias whatsoever in the writing of that article...(sarcasm)
Where those new votes come from, I'll never understand. Why weren't they in the original counting?
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