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Republican wins Virginia seat that ended in a tie
The Hill ^
| December 4, 2017
| Reid Wilson
Posted on 01/04/2018 8:20:00 AM PST by jazusamo
Republican David Yancey will keep his seat in the Virginia House of Delegates after a state official pulled his name out of a bowl Thursday, deciding a contest that ended in a tie in November.
Yancey and Democrat Shelly Simonds each received 11,608 votes in their Newport News-based district. Initial results showed Yancey leading by just ten votes. A recount gave Simonds a one-vote edge. But Republicans challenged a single ballot, resulting in a tie.
Democrats sued to overturn the challenge, but on Wednesday a three-judge panel rejected their complaint. That led to Thursday’s drawing, in Richmond, out of a special bowl crafted by the resident potter at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Yancey would be the 51st Republican in the 100-member House of Delegates. Before November’s elections, Republicans held 66 seats. But Democrats put up a surprisingly strong showing, netting 15 Republican-held seats — and coming within a single vote of claiming a tie.
Virginia state law allows the loser of the draw to request a second recount. Simonds said Wednesday she would not request a second recount if she lost the drawing. Yancey declined to make the same pledge.
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: cointoss; davidyancey; onevote; republican; va2017; vageneralassembly; virginia
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YES!
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posted on
01/04/2018 8:20:00 AM PST
by
jazusamo
To: jazusamo
Thank God.
Now comes the lawsuit(s)!
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posted on
01/04/2018 8:20:30 AM PST
by
WayneS
(An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
To: jazusamo
Nobody in VA should pat themselves on the back too hard over this...
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posted on
01/04/2018 8:21:32 AM PST
by
bigbob
(People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
To: jazusamo
Initial results showed Yancey leading by just ten votes. A recount gave Simonds a one-vote edge. In other words, the republican should have won in the first place.
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posted on
01/04/2018 8:21:41 AM PST
by
WayneS
(An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
To: jazusamo
<grin>
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posted on
01/04/2018 8:21:53 AM PST
by
tomkat
To: WayneS
Now comes the lawsuit(s)! Yep. You can bank on it.
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posted on
01/04/2018 8:21:55 AM PST
by
fwdude
(Why is it that the only positive things to come out of LGBT organizations are their AIDS tests?)
To: jazusamo
Interesting. Don’t Democrats always seem to win things like recounts and “random” drawings?
Take the win however it comes!
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posted on
01/04/2018 8:22:00 AM PST
by
HombreSecreto
(The life of a repo man is always intense)
To: bigbob
Agreed.
We are in serious trouble in the years to come if we cannot stop the hegemony Northern Virginia maintains over the rest of the Commonwealth.
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posted on
01/04/2018 8:23:10 AM PST
by
WayneS
(An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
To: fwdude
Who needs a lawsuit? Just call your favorite lib judge.
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posted on
01/04/2018 8:23:26 AM PST
by
daler
To: jazusamo
out of a special bowl crafted by the resident potter at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Really?
There was no soup bowl or hat available?
I hope some diligent Freeper researches this to find out how much that special bowl cost.
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posted on
01/04/2018 8:23:54 AM PST
by
Michael.SF.
(Women who are 25 pounds overweight tend to live longer than the men who mention it.)
To: WayneS
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posted on
01/04/2018 8:23:57 AM PST
by
jazusamo
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To: WayneS
"...now come the lawsuits..."
Democrats will undoubtedly find 10,000 ballots that were inadvertently forgotten in a government vehicle trunk like when Al Franken was elected.
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posted on
01/04/2018 8:24:48 AM PST
by
Blue Jays
( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
To: jazusamo
I think she can call for a recount
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posted on
01/04/2018 8:25:02 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
To: WayneS
Maybe Va. needs to give back the part of D.C. they originally gave for the district?
To: jazusamo
No way in hell they each got exactly 11,608 votes.
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posted on
01/04/2018 8:26:57 AM PST
by
maddog55
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posted on
01/04/2018 8:27:01 AM PST
by
jazusamo
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To: Blue Jays
They’ll find Junk in the Trunk.
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posted on
01/04/2018 8:27:02 AM PST
by
LiveFreeOrDie2001
( Thank GOD Hillary didn't get elected!)
To: bigbob
Agreed... hold on for 1 more election cycle unless something changes. Nothing more
To: jazusamo
How will she get the Ninth Circus involved to rule in her favor?
To: AppyPappy
:^)
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posted on
01/04/2018 8:29:02 AM PST
by
jazusamo
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