Democrat wins Va. House seat in recount by single vote, creating 50-50 tie in legislature
Last edited Tue Dec 19, 2017, 06:48 PM - Edit history (1)
Source: Washington Post
Democrat wins Va. House seat in recount by single vote, creating 50-50 tie in legislature
By Gregory S. Schneider December 19 at 3:49 PM
NEWPORT NEWS A Republican seat flipped Democratic in a wild recount Tuesday - with the Democrat winning by a single vote - creating a rare 50-50 tie between the parties in the House of Delegates and refashioning the political landscape in Richmond.
Democrat Shelly Simonds emerged from the recount as the apparent winner in the 94th District of the House of Delegates, seizing the seat from Republican incumbent David Yancey. A three-judge panel still must certify the results, an event scheduled for Wednesday.
Of the 23,866 votes cast in the Newport News district on Election Day, Yancey held a tenuous lead of just 10 votes going into Tuesdays recount.
But five hours and much nailbiting later, after painstaking counting overseen by local elections officials and the clerk of court, Yanceys lead narrowed before it gradually disappeared and then reversed, allowing Simonds to beat him by one vote. ... The final tally: 11,608 for Simonds to 11,607 for Yancey.
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Fenit Nirappil contributed to this story, which is developing
Greg covers Virginia from the Richmond bureau. He was the Post's business editor for more than seven years, and before that served stints as deputy business editor, national security editor and technology editor. He has also been a reporter for the Post covering aviation security, the auto industry and the defense industry. Follow @SchneiderG
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/democrat-wins-va-house-seat-in-recount-by-single-vote-creating-50-50-tie-in-legislature/2017/12/19/3ff227ae-e43e-11e7-ab50-621fe0588340_story.html
Every. Vote. Counts.
More links coming, as not everyone can read the Post.
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IMPORTANT:
ETA: ehrnst had the story too, a few minutes before I did. I did not see his thread before I posted.
Hat tip to ehrnst.
Republicans lose their majority in the Virginia House of Delegates!!!!
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210003055
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Retweeted by David Fahrenthold: https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold
Entire state House flips b/c of a single persons vote.
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JUST IN from @SchneiderG: Democrat wins Va. House seat in recount by single vote; creating 50-50 tie in legislature
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http://www.richmond.com
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Retweeted by Graham Moomaw: https://twitter.com/gmoomaw
BREAKING: Democrat Shelly Simonds appears to win Virginia House seat by A SINGLE VOTE, according to preliminary unofficial recount results.
Would mean 50-50 split of House.
Judge panel must certify results. Legal challenge probably coming.
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If you are just tuning in, balance of power in Virginias House of Delegates rests on this recount right now. Democrat Shelly Simonds is ahead by one vote after trailing behind post-election by ten votes. If she keeps this win, its a 50-50 D-R House.
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Congratulations Shelly Simonds 
Hope this holds!!!!
we need Dems in state legislatures to fix gerrymandering and pass important legislation
So what's going on with that district where we are asking for a new election?
This will cause an even bigger craw in their gullets than we had already put there.. heheheheheh.
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