Posted on 11/29/2020 4:38:50 PM PST by FarmersareHeroes
The fourth time proved to be the charm for Mariannette Miller-Meeks, as the conservative from Iowa's 2nd District will go to Congress after three losses — and by a margin of 6 votes out of more than 394,000 cast. The recount of the nation's closest House race came Saturday, as the last of 24 counties in the 2nd District to submit a final count did so. Results from Clinton County were finalized late Saturday afternoon and did nothing to affect the 6-vote advantage Miller-Meeks had over Democrat Rita Hart (who owns a farm in Clinton and represented it in the state senate). "I expect a certification tomorrow [Monday]," Miller-Meeks told Newsmax on Sunday morning. "And my opponent then has two days to file a suit, which I have no doubt she will. The national [Democrat] party will be behind her doing this, I'm sure." But Miller-Meeks also voiced confidence, "I will be declared the winner and take my seat in the House in January." Certification will be made by the Executive Council, Iowa's term for its six top elected officials statewide: the governor, secretary of state, secretary of agriculture, attorney general, treasurer, and auditor. Miller-Meeks, 65, is a physician, U.S. Army Reserve colonel, and state senator. Since 2010, she made three successive (and unsuccessful) races against Rep. Dave Loebseck, D-Iowa. With Loebseck's retirement this year, Miller-Meeks finally made it to Congress. John Gizzi is chief political columnist and White House correspondent for Newsmax. For more of his reports, Go Here Now.
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That would not surprise me in the least.
They tried in Scott county, using an illegal recount method. MMM should be up by 27, not 6.
The Iowa Supreme Court is 6-1 GOP. I don’t think they can pull off the steal.
Scott county tried. They already played games and used an illegal method of recounting. They came up a little short.
The 6 vote lead includes the shenanigans that they played.
Coattail without a coat? Didn’t Trump do well in Iowa?
Tell me if she still leads after vote recount number 43.
Let Pelosi go first, takes vote of rest of House. If she does that (and the Rats have done so, most recently in IN IIRC in 70s or 80s) then GOP should seat John James and McSally in senate. The fraud, if any, in IA-2 was in my (Scott) county during the recount by the Dem. I’ll be happy if I can get Trump back, be it by as slim a margin.
>>Why don’t you go back to your friends at Democratic Underground?
Wow, don’t pick up sarcasm much I guess?
“GOP’s Miller-Meeks Wins Iowa-2 Cliffhanger by 6 Votes”
Probably would have won by more than 6 votes if she didn’t use a hyphenated name. While it may be cool to Leftists and does represent the second highest level of feminism (the highest being a lesbian, of course), it turns off some people on our side. Probably very few, but then in a 6-vote election, every vote counts!
Depends why the hyphenated name.
My cousin’s name is hyphenated, and has been for hundreds of years. It was because during the plague years, many names were dying out so a few places in Germany allowed the married couple to combine their names.
I’m a political junkie, that’s all. When you put yourself out there, it doesn’t matter if you’re right, or justified, all that matters is how it’s perceived by others.
While I admit that hyphenated names, for any reason, annoy me, I can certainly tolerate them. On the other hand, and not pertinent here, but if there are two names on a Republican Primary ballot, and I have no clue regarding either, I would pick the one without the hyphen, since that’s all I have to go on.
Even so, that’s a REALLY INTERESTING history - and sad, of course.
That makes 14 pick ups.
She won by too large a margin that they fell 6 votes short of stealing it.
Heard on the radio today that Iowa was going to certify its election, so I hope this is over and done with. Iowa went from 3 Democrats and 1 Republican to 3 Republicans and 1 Democrat. We would have booted Cindy Axne, too, if it hadn’t been for the libertarian and the squidgy Republican candidate, David “Milquetoast” Young. The only reason he ever got elected to anything was because he used to work for Grassley. Young is about as exciting as cold oatmeal.
Thanks!
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