Freshman Congressman and tea party favorite Allen West (R-Fla.) has conceded to political newcomer Patrick Murphy. According to POLITICO, West has acknowledged that he could not surmount his 1,904 vote deficit to automatically trigger a recount of all votes throughout parts of Palm Beach, Martin and St. Lucie counties. At 0.58 percent, the difference was less than 250 votes. Conceding defeat, West told POLITICO | Read More »
The St. Lucie County Canvassing Board ordered late Friday the retabulation of all early votes in the highly contested congressional race between U.S. Representative Allen West (R-Fla.) and his Democratic opponent, Patrick Murphy. The board voted 2-1 in favor of recounting the votes. St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections Gertrude Walker indicated that the retabulation would begin at 9 o’clock Saturday morning. A total of 33,379 ballots from all | Read More »
In a press conference late Tuesday, St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections Gertrude Walker told reporters that her office had been working 12-14 hour days to correct errors in the race between freshman Congressman Allen West and newcomer Patrick Murphy. “I’m going to continue until every vote is counted accurately,” stated Walker. Walker’s message comes as Allen West and eight voters of St. Lucie County filed suit against her and the Canvassing Board seeking | Read More »
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