Eight Races Still Undecided

Real Clear Politics:

Six congressional elections remain undecided more than a week after Election Day, including three House races (Alaska At-Large, California 4, Virginia 5) and three Senate races (Alaska, Georgia, Minnesota).

Alaska - Senate and House seats: The re-election races of embattled Republicans Sen. Ted Stevens and Rep. Don Young could be decided today as the state counts some 90,000 early, absentee or questioned ballots, the Associated Press reports. Stevens holds a more than 3,200-vote lead over Mark Begich (D), and Young leads by some 17,000 votes against Ethan Berkowitz.

California - 4th District: With votes still being counted, Tom McClintock (R) now leads Charlie Brown (D) by 1,092 votes, and the race appears to be headed for a recount, the L.A. Times reports.

Georgia Senate: The presidential candidates are still engrossed in a tight race, though this one is for a Dec. 2 Senate seat runoff. Sen. John McCain will campaign in the state for Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R) tomorrow, and President-elect Barack Obama is keeping open 25 campaign offices around the state and sending in staffers to assist Jim Martin (D), the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

Minnesota Senate: With just 206 votes still separating Sen. Norm Coleman (R) and Al Franken (D) as of this morning, Secretary of State Mark Ritchie will announce today who will be included in the Canvassing Board and where the actual vote recounting will take place, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.

Virginia 5th District: It's unclear how many late arriving ballots from overseas military personnel will turn up and whether it could be enough to make up the 745-vote lead Tom Perriello currently holds over Rep. Virgil Goode (R), Media General News Service reports. Perriello declared victory last week, though Goode has yet to concede.

In addition to the six races identified here, there are two House races (CD-2 and CD-4) in Louisiana that head for a runoff in December.

News Briefs, 11/07/08

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Democrat Kratovil extends lead in Maryland's first disrtrict.

31 Votes

Anti-Muslim bigot Virgil Goode trails by 31 votes in Virginia's fifth district. Goode's the same guy who wrote a now-infamous letter attacking Muslim Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) and warning “American citizens” to “wake up” or “there will likely be many more Muslims elected to office.”



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