The Florida Senate race is now close enough to mandate a full hand recount!!

[StevieM]

The margin needs to be within 0.25 percent in order to trigger a hand recount. It is now down to 0.2124%.

https://www.cnn.com/election/2018/results/florida

I think we can still win this one. And I definitely think we can win in Arizona.

[tavernier]

1. Wow!!

Please Please Please Please Please

[Kaleva]

2. Woo-Hoo!

[bdamomma]

3. wow that is good news

now we need Abrams and possibly Beto to be counted and recounted.

[LisaM]

4. Whoa.

This is good news.

[Gothmog]

5. Unleash the lawyers

Link to tweet

[Tarheel_Dem]

6. Why is it always Florida? Will the current USSC have to decide the outcome again?

[Pacifist Patriot]

9. Franken wasn't in Florida, so it isn't always us.

And there shouldn't be any hanging chads this time, so hopefully no USSC decision necessary.

Florida is essentially two states that balance one another out.

[Blue_true]

17. As the third most populous state in the country.

And the only one of the top five populous states that is approximately purple, Florida is going to continue to be a battleground. I think that ends soon because the state has been trending blue and would have been there if it wasn't for first and second generations Cubans giving republicans aid in South Florida and the Tampa Bay area. But South Florida is trending more and more blue, as is the Tampa Bay area.

[Cetacea]

7. Yes!

[LAS14]

8. Any hope for Gillum? nt

[Blue_true]

18. Yes.

He is below the mandatory recount level. And his best two counties are said to have a large number of uncounted votes.

Both races could flip to the democrats. That is why Rick Scott went to court to try to stop vote counting (why would he want to stop uncounted votes from being counted). Republicans are also trying to get the courts to throw out some counted votes. Republicans are sleazy bastards when it comes to democracy - I don't understand why socalled patriots vote for republicans.

[Pisces]

10. Yes!

[Carl45]

11. YES,YES

YES,YES,YES

[Gothmog]

12. From Marc Elias

Link to tweet

[StevieM]

13. I was just thinking about Rubio and his lies when you posted this.

He is a thoroughly unethical politician. He doesn't care if Nelson won, he wants a victory so bad that he is willing to steal the election. He is willing to lie in order to do it. And he is willing to smear people in order to cover up his lies.

[Gothmog]

14. An update from Marc

Link to tweet

[StevieM]

15. Thank you for the update!! (eom)

[Gothmog]

16. You are losing when you attack the other sides lawyers

Link to tweet

[BlueintheSTL]

19. I like Elias optimism but this is what you expect him to say considering he is Nelson's attorney

Unless he knows something we don't, I would still much rather be Scott than Nelson at this point.