Recount turns control of Va. Senate to Democrats

WTOP ^ | 1/27/2014 | Max Smith

[LonelyCon]

Democrats will take control of the Virginia Senate now that a recount in Hampton Roads has found Lynwood Lewis the winner of a special election.

Lewis, who until now has served in the House of Delegates, beat Republican Wayne Coleman by 11 votes out of 23,000 votes cast.

The State Board of Elections says the final totals are 10,203 votes for Lewis to 10,192 votes for Coleman in the district that covers Accomack, Mathews and Northampton counties and the cities of Norfolk and Virginia Beach.

Coleman has called Lewis to concede the race.

Lewis had been initially declared the winner of the Jan. 7 special election by just nine votes.

When Lewis is sworn in, it will create an even 20-20 split between Republicans and Democrats in the Senate. Democrats have the tie-breaking vote thanks to Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, whose Senate seat Lewis will fill.

Republicans had control of the chamber during the last two years due to the tie- breaking vote of then-Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling.

The GOP has controlled the Senate since inauguration day on Jan. 11 because Northam and new Attorney General Mark Herring had to resign their Senate seats to take statewide office.

Democrat Jennifer Wexton has already been sworn into Herring's seat representing parts of Loudoun and Fairfax counties.

Lewis joining the Senate will not change any of the votes that have been taken so far this session while Republicans have been in control.

[MNnice]

Isn’t it funny how democrats always seem to win those recounts?

[andyk]

Keep recounting until the lib wins.

[dfwgator]

Virginia is toast.

[Salgak]

I was going to point that out myself, and ALWAYS after a long recount where several hundred more ballots are “found”, all overwhelmingly for the Democrat. . .

[sickoflibs]

That is a close count!

[Bringbackthedraft]

Certainly the Republicans can find a trunk full of lost ballots in their cars some where? They can always pull a Frankel on them. No???

[NFHale]

Republicans should demand another one and use the same tactics.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Republicans not only have to win, they have to win elections by a margin so great that a recount won’t find enough votes to turn the election.

[dfwgator]

Doesn’t matter, to the Rats it’s still a “Mandate”, and they will carry on as if it were, and the Republicans will acquiesce as usual.

[bigbob]

Just shows the difference a few (bags of uncounted fake) votes can make

[Vaquero]

“Let me tell you about Florida politicians. I make them out of whole cloth, just like a tailor makes a suit. I get their name in the newspaper. I get them some publicity and get them on the ballot. Then after the election, we count the votes. And if they don't turn out right, we recount them. And recount them again. Until they do.”

Edward G Robinson. “ Key Largo”

[tgusa]

I agree, Virginia is lost, and (for now) I live there. NC is looking better and better.

[VerySadAmerican]

McCain called and suggested they have co-chairs on all of the committees. /s

[onedoug]

Rocco Runs It Down

[Red Badger]

“Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.” ― Joseph Stalin

[Vaquero]

Republicans should demand another one and use the same tactics.

Republican are a bunch of chicken $h!7 cowards (for the most part)

[NFHale]

Democrats triumph when Americans do nothing...

[a fool in paradise]

We are told how rare Rat vote fraud is. That voter ID can't change an election. 2 dozen ballots is chicken scratch to Democrat thugs.

[3Fingas]

The list of “safe” states shrinks daily. NC is in transition too. It was an Obama state not too long ago.

I am thinking that Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, and Utah might be the only “safe” states around.

Texas is putting up a good fight, but I am concerned about the eventual disposition of this state as well.