Posted on 11/10/2006 1:08:13 PM PST by madison10
Eight House races remain without winners after Tuesday's election, with Republican incumbents in tight contests to keep their seats and state officials not rushing to end the dispute.
Rep. Deborah Pryce, a member of the House Republican leadership, is ahead in her central Ohio race by 3,536 votes. In the Columbus, Ohio- area, elections officials are delaying the count of more than 9,000 provisional ballots by one day so it doesn't disrupt the much-vaulted Ohio State-Michigan football game on Nov. 18.
Elections officials in that district will start counting Nov. 19.
Ohio Republican Rep. Jean Schmidt, who called Democratic Rep. John Murtha a coward, is ahead of her challenger by 2,862 votes. Rep. Barbara Cubin, who threatened to slap her wheelchair-bound Libertarian opponent after a debate, is ahead by fewer than a thousand votes in her Wyoming contest.
Of the eight uncalled races, only one _ Joe Courtney's challenge to Republican Rep. Rob Simmons in Connecticut _ gives a Democratic challenger the lead. In that race, Courtney is ahead by a scant 166 votes. Almost a quarter of a million votes were cast.
A Thursday recount in Hebron, Conn., gave Simmons one more vote. Recounts were scheduled in 74 other towns through the weekend.
In Florida, a recount is set to begin Wednesday in Rep. Katherine Harris' former district. Republican Vern Buchanan has a 373-vote lead and has declared victory over Democrat Christine Jennings. The Associated Press has declared Buchanan the winner.
In Georgia, first-term Democratic Rep. John Barrow, facing a rematch against former Republican Rep. Max Burns, leads by fewer than 600 votes.
In Washington state, the count in a suburban Seattle district was delayed by heavy flooding, leaving incumbent Republican Rep. Dave Reichert ahead of challenger Darcy Burner three days after voting ended.
Other races that remain undecided include North Carolina Rep. Robin Hayes' campaign against Larry Kissell, separated by 449 votes; and New Mexico Rep. Heather Wilson's race, where Democrat Patricia Madrid trails by about 1,600 votes.
I LOVED THAT WOMAN!... I would love her to win!
They don't stop counting until the democrat is ahead.
In essence, it could get better or it could kick us in the groan eight more times.
"Rep. Barbara Cubin, who threatened to slap her wheelchair-bound Libertarian opponent after a debate, i"
Huh. Never heard that. Talk about a lack of political instincts.
Wonder if the whole story is there, or if the MSM happened to miss some important points.
I am with you! Not counting until after the Ohio State -Michigan game makes zero sense. What does a game a week away have to do with the election?
"Yes, there were 250,000 provisional and mail in ballots to be counted."
However, you might get people interested in getting this done quickly if there were much of a chance that the provisional ballots would change the result.
Pryce has a 3536 vote lead before these provisional ballots are validated and counted. If they are all valid, her opponent would need over 2/3 of them to go their way.
However if only 80% are valid, which is about average when I looked at 2004 numbers, there would be 7200 votes not yet counted.
Her opponent would need approximately 75% of the provisional ballots to go his way.
Considering how unlikely that is, I don't see a lot of urgency.
They can things organized, line up their volunteers, and hammer out the ground rules for those who want to observe the process, and then get started with going through the provisional ballots on the 18th.
Every seat the Republicans gain is one less seat the conservative Democrats can use to vote against their own party.
Don't you mean how many times each journalist votes..
| J. D. Hayworth - Arizon - District #5 | ||
| Rob Simmons - Conneticut - District #2 | scroll to districts | |
| Vern Buchanan - Florida - District 13 | Click US Representatives | |
| Max Burns - Georgia - District 12 | scroll to bottom | |
| Heather Wilson - New Mexico - District 1 | Choose Statewide and Click Display Results |
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| Robin Hayes - North Carolina - District 8 | scroll to district | |
| Jean Schmidt - Ohio - District 2 & Deborah Pryce District 15 |
scroll to districts | |
| Dave Reichert - Washington - District 8 | Click District | |
| Barbara Cubin - Wyoming - District "At Large Representatives" |
Click Statewide Races Summary |
So they would have but didn't so we should count them as they did. My head is spinning. Florida is just about the dumest bunch of folks, who probably voted absentee in NY as well as voting in FL.
We had clean candidates who lost.
Either that or it's a joint football/track-and-field event.
O god of sports, we bow at thine altar.
Next thing ya know, the Florida dems will be calling for a commission to elect people to represent them -- you know, the educated class voting in the rep's because the people just aren't up to it.
Libel rules are different for public people.
That's how Pelosi can others can publicly call Bush "stupid".
It's a blood sport to them.
What in the world is wrong in Florida. These people can manage ten bingo cards at a time but they can't vote.
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