Does anyone else see a big difference of reporting in this article? Hmmmm.....

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/ ... r1112.html

Mitchell hopes lead over Hayworth holds up

Nov. 12, 2006 12:00 AM


Congressional hopeful Harry Mitchell's lead over Rep. J.D. Hayworth remained at nearly 6,000 votes as ballot counting extended into its fifth day.

Mitchell heads to Washington today for orientation sessions. The Democratic challenger of six-term Republican Hayworth has made no claim of victory, but he appointed a former congressman to help him prepare for setting up offices if he wins.

Hayworth, who had 75,163 votes to Mitchell's 80,820 by Saturday afternoon, said has said he intends to wait until every ballot is counted. Even if Hayworth concedes, all remaining ballots from the 5th Congressional District would be tallied. advertisement

About 250,000 ballots piled up in early voting and are being processed at the rate of about 25,000 a day. More than 180,000 ballots are left, and officials anticipate they will be counting throughout the week.