-PJ
If you ask for a recount, do you have to pay for it? The rules may vary from place to place, but I have some memory that something like this is true. You have to finance it, or your party has to finance it, or something like that. If true, I doubt Gary would be able to afford a recount, and I sure don't think the Rats would pay for one he wanted.
Unless the results are within a vary smal percentage, he will have to pay for the recounting. I believe if its within 5% then the state will foot the bill.