Democratic candidate takes lead in IA-2 race by 162 votes, after trailing by 282 Tuesday night!!

[bullwinkle428]

Democrat Rita Hart on Friday morning pulled ahead of Republican state Sen. Mariannette Miller-Meeks in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, according to updated unofficial results from the Iowa Secretary of State’s office.

On election night, only 282 votes separated the candidates, with Miller-Meeks leading Hart 196,769 votes to 196,487. By Friday morning, Hart had taken the lead, 196,603 to 196,441, an advantage of 162 votes. The Associated Press has not declared a winner in the Southeast Iowa district due to the razor-thin margin there.

The change in results is not due to new votes being counted, but from an error in reporting on election night out of Jasper County.

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate and Jasper County Auditor Dennis Parrot held a press conference Friday morning in Newton to announce a “hand-count audit of unofficial election results” in the Clear Creek-Poweshiek precinct and a “countywide administrative recount of all results” in Jasper County.

https://iowastartingline.com/2020/11/06/rita-hart-takes-lead-jasper-county-to-address-precinct-results/

This is my district - PLEASE don't ever let anyone tell you that your vote is meaningless in any way!

[Karadeniz]

1. Yay! Stop counting!!!

[Laelth]

2. Excellent! k&r n/t

-Laelth

[DonaldsRump]

3. You are so correct!

We have to slog for every vote, but if we slog we will get there.

Your district is a classic example. We now have to win the 2 GA-SEN seats. I've seen some posts already on DU dismissive of that.

To that dismissive spirit, I say "EFF THAT TO THE INFINITE POWER." We can win anything we want to with a will and with effort (and with money). Plus, in GA, we have the most effective weapon ever: Stacey Abrams!

[icwlmuscyia]

4. Hey Bullwinkle, my district also

A friend shot me this story @ 8AM this morning and I have been walking on air ever since.

Rita is very real and empathetic. 3M is just another tool for the wealthy.

[Blue_true]

5. People should have learned that from a result in Virginia is 2017.

A State House seat came down to 1 vote. After the republican got that vote, the race was tied, the republican won an archaic draw of chance to break the tie, he was defeated by the same democrat in 2019 when more people decided to vote.