Virginia Attorney General race - 99% reported 541 vote difference

[underpants]

This is "The Cooch"'s current office

Herring (D) 1,098,418
Obenshain (R) 1.097,877

[RKP5637]

1. Votes count!!! Sometimes people wonder what good is one little vote, but they count,

even just a few!

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. Incredibly close - 3 precincts not reported

Of those, 1 is McGahyesville, in Rockingham County - very Republican - typically about 80-20 R-D:
http://electionresults.virginia.gov/resultsPREC.aspx?type=SWR&rid=169&cty=165&osn=6
Population of McGaheysville is about 4,500, nearly twice that of, say, Timbersville, which the Repub got a lead of 211 from. So that could be lead of 400 for him.

The other 2 are in Mecklenburg County:
http://electionresults.virginia.gov/resultsPREC.aspx?type=SWR&rid=169&cty=117&osn=6
Harder to call - Repub overall, but some precincts did go for Herring.

[underpants]

3. Great info

It will be close and we are just to have to take the touch screen results as they are- no audit trail.

[onenote]

11. Do you know for a fact these precincts have touch screens?

My precinct, and a number of others in Virginia, started using paper ballots/optical scan this year.

[underpants]

23. No I don't know

I meant that we will have to take the numbers on the touch screens statewide.

[davidpdx]

9. It's hard to believe the race is coming down to 3 precincts in 2 counties

Looks like no matter what a recount will be done.

[muriel_volestrangler]

15. The country result pages haven't had the 'provisional votes' section filled in yet

Whether that's because there aren't any, or, as seems more likely, they haven't been counted yet, I don't know. The rules say a recount can be done, as state expense, for a race with a margin of under a half percent, so I agree it will be inevitable. And there may be lots of arguments about 'provisional' votes.

[davidpdx]

17. My guess is they wouldn't touch the provisional ballots until after the others have been counted

It would be interesting to know (and maybe someone can try to find out) how many provisional ballots were filled out in Virginia.

The D's got the Gov and Lt. Gov, let's just hope we pull off the Attorney General race.

When do they start counting again???

[kelliekat44]

4. If this is true it will be a sweep. Oh joy of joys. nt

[Kingofalldems]

5. Kick this one.

[davidpdx]

6. Damn that is close

[boston bean]

7. Is there going to be a re-count??

Last night some poster said there was no way the dem could make up the difference... seems they have... I went to bed thinking we lost this race.

[CreekDog]

8. i'm sure there will be because candidate can ask for one

if the margin is less than 1%.

[William769]

10. Talking about this thread?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023986396#top

[boston bean]

12. Yeah, that was it....

I'm glad it wasn't true though!

[William769]

16. Given the other two wins in Virginia, I thought it was way to early to make that call.

Me too.

[William769]

13. That is really close.

Let's go Herring!

[alcibiades_mystery]

14. Obenshain now up by 53 votes out of almost 2.2 million cast

[davidpdx]

18. The Virginia SOS is still saying Herring by 541

At 9am

[freshwest]

19. Hope that proves true.

[alcibiades_mystery]

20. Richmond Times Dispatch has all precincts reporting, Obersheim by 186 votes

VA Sec of State still has Obersheim up by 219, all precincts reporting, but fewer votes showing than Times Dispatch

RTD: http://www.timesdispatch.com/
SecState: http://electionresults.virginia.gov/resultsSW.aspx?type=SWR&map=CTY

[Chan790]

21. 100% in. Down to provisionals and absentee ballots before the recount.

Attorney General - General
Virginia - 2541 of 2541 Precincts Reporting - 100%

Obenshain, Mark GOP 1,099,412 50%
Herring, Mark Dem 1,099,226 50%

Margin: 186 in favor of Obenshain.

Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch (http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/)
Associated Press (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2013/by_county/VA_Attorney_General_1105.html?SITE=PAEASELN&SECTION=POLITICS)

[FSogol]

22. Margin: 219 in favor of Obenshain from the State Board of Eelctions.

http://electionresults.virginia.gov/resultsSW.aspx?type=SWR&map=CTY

[underpants]

24. Wow thanks you and Chan for keeping us up to date