Thread: Eight Undecided House Races

Details on Eight Undecided House Races

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By The Associated Press
The Associated Press
Friday, November 10, 2006; 4:02 PM

-- Details, as of Friday, on the eight House races where the outcome remains undecided:

_ Connecticut, 2nd District: Democrat Joe Courtney led GOP Rep. Rob Simmons by just 166 votes. A recount is to be completed by Wednesday.

_ Georgia, 12th District: First-term Democratic Rep. John Barrow, in a rematch against Republican former Rep. Max Burns, led by fewer than 600 votes. There will be an automatic recount unless the margin widens significantly before the results are certified next week.

_ New Mexico, 1st District: Republican Rep. Heather Wilson led Democrat Patricia Madrid by about 1,600 votes. About 4,400 ballots remained to be tallied.

_ North Carolina, 8th District: Rep. Robin Hayes, a Republican, had a 449-vote lead over Democrat Larry Kissell. About 1,500 provisional ballots remain to be counted.

_ Ohio, 2nd District: Rep. Jean Schmidt, a Republican who called decorated Vietnam veteran Rep. John Murtha a coward, was ahead of Democrat Victoria Wulsin by 2,862 votes. Counting provisional and absentee ballots could take nearly two weeks.

_ Ohio, 15th District: Rep. Deborah Pryce, a member of the House Republican leadership, leads Democrat Mary Jo Kilroy race by 3,536 votes. Thousands of provisional ballots will be counted beginning Nov. 19 _ a day later than normal in deference to the much-vaunted Ohio State-Michigan football game Nov. 18.

_ Washington, 8th District: GOP Rep. Dave Reichert led Democrat Darcy Burner by about 3,100 votes, but many ballots in this heavily vote-by-mail state remained to be counted.

_ Wyoming, 1st District: Republican Rep. Barbara Cubin, accused by her wheelchair-bound Libertarian opponent of threatening to slap him, led Democrat Gary Trauner by fewer than a thousand votes as canvassing continued. The Libertarian, Thomas Rankin, garnered less than 4 percent of the vote.

In addition, two runoff elections are planned. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., the subject of an FBI bribery investigation, will face fellow Democrat Karen Carter on Dec. 9, and Rep. Henry Bonilla, R-Texas, will face Democratic former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez in a yet-to-be-scheduled runoff.

And in Florida, a recount was set to begin Wednesday in the contest for the seat Rep. Katherine Harris gave up to make her failed Senate run. The Associated Press has declared a winner in that race: Republican Vern Buchanan, who leads Democrat Christine Jennings by 373 votes.

IMO, Rep. Deborah Pryce, will win the 15th Dist. They didn't want to count the additional ballots today, because of the Ohio State football game.

In addition, two runoff elections are planned. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., the subject of an FBI bribery investigation, will face fellow Democrat Karen Carter on Dec. 9, and Rep. Henry Bonilla, R-Texas, will face Democratic former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez in a yet-to-be-scheduled runoff.

Why isn't Rep. Jefferson behind bars? I mean for goodness sake, the man was caught red-handed with this hand in cookie jar. Didn't I hear that the $90,000 hidden in his freezer had been marked by the FBI? It's just unreal that this mess happens in America!