Glad to see a pro-gun guy win. But a 14 vote margin avoids a recount? How many people voted? Immediate families?
The World
Vote margin is not close enough for auto recount
May 22, 2014 10:04 am
COQUILLE — A margin of 0.3 percent separates the two Republican challengers . . .
Under Oregon law, automatic recounts only occur when the margin between candidates is less than one-fifth of 1 percent of the total votes cast for the two candidates— 0.2 percent.
Final unofficial results Tuesday night have Marine Corps veteran and gun-rights activist Casey Runyan leading Coos Bay resident Jason Payne with 50.18 percent of the voters.
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The World
House District 9 race still a toss-up
May 21, 2014 7:15 am • By Chelsea Davis, The World
State Rep., 9th District (R)
Candidates Votes Pct
Casey Runyan REP 1,957 50.18%
Jason Payne REP 1,943 49.82%
3,900 voted in the primary.
Dem Caddy McKweon won the 2012 election 14,906 to the republican 11,639 in an open seat. Not knowing the dynamcis of the race, it would be impossible to say how vulnerable she is. It appears most of the district is in Coos County which Romney won 14K to 12K (district may not cover all of the county). Her district also covers parts of three other counties. Romney won one of them and Obama took the other two with almost twice the total in the last where McKeown won 320 to 148 (essentially matching Obama’s spread).
To say the pro-gun guy won could be a misnomer since I could not find any information from before the election on the views of the candidates. Just because the other candidate did not seek that constituency out does not mean he is not pro-gun. One of the articles noted that Jason Payne did not file a finance report so he may have not spent any money. Casey appears to have raised and spent very little.