As predicted win: Dem Herring's Margin Widens in Virginia's Attorney General 'Recount'
We knew the recount was unlikely to alter the outcome.
I predicted such thinking the vote shift would be less than the margin.
It seem there is some explaining to do:
"Herring has picked up 1133 votes during the "recount" to date, while Obenshain has picked up just 432."
Why were so many Dem votes lost?
"Herring is gaining votes just about everywhere."
Because the paper ballots are in heavily-Dem jurisdictions?
"... there are number of counties where Herring otherwise lost, but is still outpacing Obenshain on votes picked up during the "recount" ... there are no counties or cities, so far, where the opposite is true..."
Democratic Candidate Margin Widens in Virginia's Attorney General 'Recount'
Herring now up by more than 800 over Obenshain after second day of three-day re-tally in one of state's closest ever elections
PLUS: A few observations...http://www.bradblog.com/?p=10425
The "recount" is not going well so far for Virginia state Senator Mark Obenshain (R). What had been the closest statewide race in history, while still close, is beginning to open up for state Senator Mark Herring (D), who had been previously certified by the State Board of Elections as the "winner" of the November 5th state Attorney General's race.
After two days of what suffices for a "recount" in the Old Dominion's election to replace outgoing Republican AG Ken Cuccinelli, Herring's state-certified 165 vote lead prior to the "recount" expanded to more than 800 votes on Tuesday, out of more than 2.2 million cast. According to the Democrat's campaign, more than 70% of the votes have now been re-tallied across the commonwealth as of Tuesday night. The three-days of re-tallying will end Wednesday, with a three-judge panel in Richmond making the final determinations on any challenged ballots by Friday.
Herring may have hired MN Sen. Al Franken's election recount attorney to represent him in VA, but the three-day affair there, so far, is nothing like the epic six-month-plus post-election hand-count in the 2008 U.S. Senate race between Franken and his Republican opponent Sen. Norm Coleman.
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