All Ballots Counted, Allen West Solidly Defeated By Patrick Murphy
Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) may be vowing that his race against Patrick Murphy is far from over, but as of early Saturday morning, all ballots were counted and legally the result is clear: West lost.
Murphy won a total of 166,799 votes to West's 164,370, the Palm Beach Post reported. That puts Murphy ahead by 2,429 votes and gives him a 0.7 percent advantage. Florida law only requires a recount when the margin is 0.5 percent or less.
Palm Beach County officials were up until 4:45 a.m. Saturday counting all remaining ballots cast during early voting, on Election Day, absentee ballots and other problematic ballots, the Palm Beach Post reported.
The race in Florida's 18th Congressional District still hasn't been officially called. Palm Beach officials must submit their results to state officials for them to become official, but Saturday's final vote tally all but ensures the race is over.
Fox News and Rove have a lot of explaining to do with their false reporting during this entire election. Their false coverage led many people to part with their money based upon lies and deceit for no reason other than to get people to part with their money. It will all come to bear in the coming months. The house of cards are tumbling down.
Wily Fox aka Angela wrote: Fox News and Rove have a lot of explaining to do with their false reporting during this entire election. Their false coverage led many people to part with their money based upon lies and deceit for no reason other than to get people to part with their money. It will all come to bear in the coming months. The house of cards are tumbling down.
All Ballots Counted, Allen West Solidly Defeated By Patrick Murphy
Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) may be vowing that his race against Patrick Murphy is far from over, but as of early Saturday morning, all ballots were counted and legally the result is clear: West lost.
Murphy won a total of 166,799 votes to West's 164,370, the Palm Beach Post reported. That puts Murphy ahead by 2,429 votes and gives him a 0.7 percent advantage. Florida law only requires a recount when the margin is 0.5 percent or less.
Palm Beach County officials were up until 4:45 a.m. Saturday counting all remaining ballots cast during early voting, on Election Day, absentee ballots and other problematic ballots, the Palm Beach Post reported.
The race in Florida's 18th Congressional District still hasn't been officially called. Palm Beach officials must submit their results to state officials for them to become official, but Saturday's final vote tally all but ensures the race is over.
Wily Fox aka Angela wrote: ah hem... the very first post that I made contains all of this information. why are you guys going around in circles?
Your link had nothing about this nugget that FH threw out there:
FredHayek wrote: I read something this morning that is questioning why there are more voters than humanely possible in this district but haven't verified it yet.
When you plant ice you're going to harvest wind. - Robert Hunter
FredHayek wrote: Soldily defeated? Wins by less than .8%? Sounds more like wins by a nose.
West's seat was changed after the last census.
West lost by 2,442 votes. I think they mean solidly defeated as in he didn't lose by only a couple hundred votes. It was beyond the number that prompts an automatic recount.
