Recount close to over, hopes likely dimming for Emmer
(CNN) - Minnesota’s gubernatorial recount is nearly complete and although the vote totals won’t be certified for at least another week, Democrat Mark Dayton is emerging as the near-certain victor.
With over 93 percent of the ballots re-counted, Dayton has lost 17 votes from his November 2 total, while Republican Tom Emmer has gained 53. Dayton led Emmer by nearly 9,000 votes after Election Day.
After Thursday’s counting, Dayton held a more than 10,000-vote lead over Emmer. Even if every one of Emmer’s 735 challenged votes is ruled in his favor, the vote margin would still be too great for the state representative to overcome.
All but two of Minnesota’s 87 counties are still re-counting votes on Friday, and so far, over 60 percent of voters in those two counties have chosen Dayton over Emmer.
The secretary of state’s office also released an index Thursday night of some of the ballots challenged by both campaigns. Most show vote bubbles filled in for both candidates with one crossed out. At least one voter attempted to vote for every candidate on the ballot.
The state canvassing board will meet Dec. 8-10 to rule on the challenged ballots.
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Turn put the lights, the party is over. Looking forward to Emmer's and Miller's concession sppeches.
When Democratic candidates seek a recount or don't concede on election night, the media says "they don't know how to accept defeat". No surprise that the so-called liberal media does not make the same statements when candidates like Emmer, Joe Miller, or Dino Rossi drag out the process for days, weeks, and months.
Looks like Minnestota remains in the looney left column by a very narrow margin. Once the DemocRATS drive it further into the ground they will be ready for some mature leadership.
It's all over now – the loser should go home now!!
That ballot must have been submitted by a Bachmann supporter.
"Even if every one of Emmer’s 735 challenged votes is ruled in his favor, the vote margin would still be too great for the state representative to overcome." Which means he will take this to court for the next 7 months just like Norm "Patriotic American" Coleman did.
SEIU, AFSCME and all of the other corrupt unions did a good job in stealing this one, not like the sloppy job they did in the Franken election. They are pros at stealing elections.