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A recount could be looming in the 4th Congressional District race between two Democrats as more uncounted ballots surfaced on Thursday. Officials in Newton, Wellesley and Franklin on Thursday restarted counting primary ballots after Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin filed a court order to authorize local poll workers to continue counting ballots that were received on time and had not been tallied by the end of Tuesday night. In Franklin, poll workers Thursday evening were counting about 3,000 uncounted ballots — much more than the previously estimated 600 uncounted ballots, according to a spokeswoman for the Secretary of the...

<p>AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) A Maine Senate panel voted unanimously Monday to declare Democrat Christopher Hall the winner in a disputed election that will determine which party will control the Senate for the next two years.</p> <p>After reviewing 44 disputed ballots in Hall's race against Republican Leslie Fossel of Alna, the Senatorial Vote Committee voted 7-0 with Democrats united with the three Republicans on the panel to recommend that the full Senate formally seat Hall.</p>