Election officials in Florida are recounting some early votes cast in the hotly contested race for the state’s 18th district’s House seat between Tea Party favorite Rep. Allen West and Democratic challenger Patrick Murphy.
The St. Lucie County Canvassing Board began the partial recount Sunday morning and results have yet to be reported.
The number of early ballots in the county is estimated by officials to be roughly 37,000.
West, a Republican who has refused to concede the race, is trailing Murphy by 2,442 votes, according to the latest results from Florida Division of Elections. On its website, the agency says West has garnered 164,448 votes to Murphy’s 166,890.
Although the unofficial count reported to the state Saturday gave the win Murphy, at a margin outside the threshold for a recount, St. Lucie County agreed to a limited recount to settle concerns over a problem processing some of the early ballots. Election officials said they were taking the step “out of an abundance of caution.”
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this reminds me of how that disgusting comedian Frankin stole the election in MN. This is exactly what the Dem’s are trying to do again.
he should concede and do the right thing, the honorable thing. i thought he was all about honor but it seems he can;t abide by the deomocratic will of the people, it appears he is just as bad as on of those banana country dictators, trying to cling to power through any means possible. who knows how far he is willing to go, it think he is a threat