Counts Still Under Way in 5 House Races

[brooklynite]

Details on House races in which the outcome remained undecided Tuesday:

Georgia, 12th District: First-term Democratic Rep. John Barrow led Republican former Rep. Max Burns by fewer than 900 votes. An automatic recount is likely once results are certified, which is expected Wednesday.

New Mexico, 1st District: Republican Rep. Heather Wilson led Democrat Patricia Madrid by fewer than 1,500 votes out of more than 200,000 cast, with about 3,700 ballots remaining to be qualified and tallied.

North Carolina, 8th District: Rep. Robin Hayes, a Republican, led Democrat Larry Kissell by about 450 votes. About 1,500 provisional ballots remained to be counted. Final results aren't expected until Friday.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/11/15/politics/p105115S90.DTL&type=politics

other races covered are: OH-2, OH-15, LA-2, FL-13

[texpatriot2004]

1. Watching and waiting for Democratic victories nm

[longship]

2. Looks like we'll only get GA-12

For the rest of them, the gap is too large.

I'm not too encouraged by FL-13, either. Even though it is *possible*, it looks like too many votes have been flushed down the toilet (undervotes) and are lost forever. There is likely precisely zero chances for a revote--no precedence for that. One never knows, though. But if a judge calls for a revote, you can bet your bottom dollar that the Repugs will take it to the SCOTUS.

[twilight_sailing]

3. Too bad.

Lots of us in NM are SO damn tired of Heather Wilson.

Oh well, we'll get her out next time. ;)

[0rganism]

6. Just out of curiosity, what does Wilson run on?

Formerly from northern New Mexico; Bill Richardson used to be my rep. How does this Wilson bitch keep winning elections there?

[xxqqqzme]

7. I called an Albuquerque friend last Friday

because I saw how close the race was there and I know you guys worked hard to get rid of wilson. Isn't Madrid NM's Attorney General or something?

[brooklynite]

4. No, we'll also retain LA-2

Both William Jefferson and Karen Carter are D's.

[longship]

5. Correct. Sorry about that.

I was presuming that we would keep that one. Should have said so.

Thanks for the clarification.