Posted on 08/13/2010 6:08:21 PM PDT by jenk
Benishek was in the race before Stupak announced his retirement plans, and the establishment-backed Allen jumped in after the seat opened up and became competitive. While the district leans Republican, Stupak has held the seat since 1992 and has won by more than 60 percent in each of his elections since 2002.
Allen has until Sunday morning to decide whether to request a recount, a lengthy and expensive proposition that would cut into the eventual winner's time and money to run against McDowell.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0810/41049.html#comments#ixzz0wXP9V3D6
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Key point: "Oh lookie here, another parcel of ballots misplaced in the earlier (re)counts. Let's just add them to the mix." This occurred 13 times in Seattle 2004.
in republican primaries?
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