Posted on 11/03/2010 11:03:33 AM PDT by MitchellC
Raleigh, N.C. — Seven-term Democratic Congressman Bob Etheridge appeared late Tuesday to lose his re-election bid, becoming the lone casualty among North Carolina's congressional delegation in a pivotal election nationwide.
The Associated Press declared Republican challenger Renee Ellmers the victor in the Second District race shortly before midnight. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Ellmers had about a 2,100-vote lead over Etheridge.
Etheridge, however, wasn't ready to concede defeat.
"I’ve been in close elections before, and we will follow the established process to ensure the integrity of the outcome. We will make sure every vote is counted and every voice is heard," he said in a statement.
"For all the naysayers on both sides of the aisle, it feels really good to stand up here (and claim victory)," Ellmers told cheering supporters at her campaign headquarters in Dunn.
Ellmers, a Harnett County nurse who was given little chance of victory a few months ago, rode a wave of voter discontent and the fallout of an online video depicting Etheridge confronting a man on a Washington, D.C., sidewalk to edge by him.
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Reid has some left over just need to change a couple of letters around..
LOL.
Paging "Hangin" Chad Kounter of ACME Ballot Mfg Co...
Thanks.
Cue the DNC "Recount Squad".
Exactly. The more conciliatory Ellmers gets, the easier it will be for Etheridge to steal the seat. I hope she has an army of lawyers. That’s the only thing that will stop Etheridge at this point.
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