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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGillum-DeSantis race now in recount range
By 2 p.m., Andrew Gillum gained on Ron DeSantis by another 4,441 votes, and now trails by only 0.47 percent.By David Smiley and Elizabeth Koh Yesterday
The race for Florida governor appears headed for a recount, as Democrat Andrew Gillum continues to gain on Republican Ron DeSantis during the tallying of the final uncounted ballots cast in the midterm elections.
Gillum, the outgoing mayor of Tallahassee, conceded the race Tuesday night before 11 p.m. after results appeared to show him too far behind his opponent to make up the difference. DeSantis, a former congressman, gave his victory speech shortly after.
But thousands of votes remained untallied. And over the next 36 hours, the margins gradually shrank.
As of 9 a.m., DeSantis' lead was just 42,948 votes out of 8,189,305 ballots cast equal to 0.52 percent of the vote. Concession speech or no, Florida law requires an automatic machine recount in any race where the margin of victory is within one half of one percentage point.
By 2 p.m., Gillum gained on DeSantis by another 4,441 votes, and now trails by only 0.47 percent.
Gillum, the outgoing mayor of Tallahassee, conceded the race Tuesday night before 11 p.m. after results appeared to show him too far behind his opponent to make up the difference. DeSantis, a former congressman, gave his victory speech shortly after.
But thousands of votes remained untallied. And over the next 36 hours, the margins gradually shrank.
As of 9 a.m., DeSantis' lead was just 42,948 votes out of 8,189,305 ballots cast equal to 0.52 percent of the vote. Concession speech or no, Florida law requires an automatic machine recount in any race where the margin of victory is within one half of one percentage point.
By 2 p.m., Gillum gained on DeSantis by another 4,441 votes, and now trails by only 0.47 percent.
http://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2018/11/08/gillum-desantis-race-now-in-recount-range/
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Gillum-DeSantis race now in recount range (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Nov 2018
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Cha
(297,154 posts)1. Booom!
madaboutharry
(40,208 posts)2. Has he taken back the concession?
He needs to get all over television and take it back and call for the recount to go forward.
Lochloosa
(16,063 posts)3. He walked it back