Newsmax: Four days after the midterm elections Nov. 6, there is still no final call in 15 major contests: two governorships (Florida and Georgia), two U.S. Senate seats, and 11 U.S. House seats.
A 12th contest that was in doubt – California’s San Diego-based 49th District – was called Saturday for Democrat Mike Levin against Republican State Sen. Diane Harkey. Levin will succeed outgoing Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif.
A look at the latest news from the remaining political battlegrounds:
Arizona Senate
This has been a wild ride. Although Rep. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., led in the count almost all Tuesday evening, Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., pulled ahead by about 20,000 votes (roughly 1 percent). More than 370,000 votes remain to be counted, and about 230,000 are from Maricopa County (Phoenix). The count is expected to be completed by the end of next week.
Florida Governorship
Republican Ron DeSantis held a lead of 33,600, or 0.5 percent of the vote, on Election night. Democrat Andrew Gillun conceded, but subsequently retracted his concession and declared “Florida has never had a full recount.” Under state election law, the margin is small enough for the state to pay for a full recount. DeSantis insists the numbers of Election night will hold up and “it’s now time for us to come together as a state.”
Florida Senate
Republican Gov. Rick Scott’s wafer-thin lead over Sen. Bill Nelson, R-Fla., was about 0.25 percent of the total vote. After some legal sparring between Scott and the clerks in Broward and Palm Beach Counties, Secretary of State Ken Dentzner ordered a full recount, including a hand recount from tabulation machines that could not count the votes of candidates. The last complete recount in the Sunshine State was for its votes in the 2000 presidential election, which took five weeks.
Georgia Governorship
As of Saturday, Republican Brian Kemp led Democrat Stacy Abrams by 63,000 votes and amassed 50.3 percent of the total vote. But, as a recount is in process, Kemp (who recently resigned as secretary of state) is only 22,600 votes above the threshold needed to avoid a run-off. Should Kemp fall below the 50 percent mark, then he and state legislator Kemp will meet in a runoff Dec. 4. Kemp told reporters Abrams has no path to victory and he is proceeding with the transition to the governor’s office.
California House Districts 39, 45, 48 (Orange County)
The populous Orange County is home to three disputed House districts presently in Republican hands. With an estimated 366,000 absentee ballots remaining to be counted throughout the county, it might be before the end of the month that their outcomes are decided.
366,000 absentee ballots….
Really?
This stinks to high heaven.
They stole the soap box (lamestream media and school system).
It looks more and more like they stole the ballot box.
There’s only one box left…
The counting would be much quicker if fraudulent votes and votes from the deceased were eliminated.
Meanwhile India tabulate a fuggin’ billion votes in 7 to 8 HOURS.
I wonder which wine pairs best with a soft coup?
Probably a red.
@Groucho Marxist:
Absentee from Mexico.
Mexico takes 2 to 3 days to count all the votes…. hmmm…. this is fun. google “how long does it take to tabulate the vote in….” and insert your favorite 3rd world country.
It would be funnier if our nation hadn’t devolved to the point that Brazil can have cleaner elections than we do.
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” -John Adams
But nowadays, elections seem to be too important to be left in the hands of honest people.
Good point TN, we all need to print up 750 thousand ballots for our respective states.
So … Kemp will run against himself?
@Aaron Burr November 11, 2018 at 4:22 pm
> Meanwhile India tabulate a fuggin’ billion votes in 7 to 8 HOURS.
That, that, is why we need No Borders™. White men can’t math. Or do computers.
Were it a third world country the USA would be demanding Independent Foreign Election observers.
The Mississippi Senate seat is also undecided. Due to Chris McDaniels’ ill- considered run against Cindy Hyde-Smith, the race will go to a runoff on Nov 27 between Hyde-Smith and corruptocrat Mike Espy. It is by no means certain that Hyde-Smith will win.
” Nannu Pawlu NOVEMBER 11, 2018 AT 8:22 PM
Were it a third world country the USA would be demanding Independent Foreign Election observers.”
I believe enemies of USA want exactly that.