BREAKING: Democratic Candidate Takes Lead in Razor-Thin VA Attorney General Tally

[BradBlog]

BREAKING: Democratic Candidate Takes Lead in Razor-Thin VA Attorney General Tally
GOP-requested review of several precincts in Richmond City gives Mark Herring (D) edge over Mark Obenshain (R)...

For the first time since the bulk of votes were tallied in Virginia on Election Night last Tuesday, the Democratic candidate for Attorney General, state Sen. Mark Herring appears to now have taken the lead over Republican state Sen. Mark Obenshain in the razor-thin results of more than 2.2 million votes cast.

Herring just barely leap-frogged Obenshain's totals on Monday afternoon after tallies from a voting machine in the city of Richmond --- the results of which had been previously missing from official tallies since Election Night --- were added to the running totals. The addition of 190 votes from electronic voting machine #3791, plus a few other votes from seven other precincts re-reviewed by Richmond City's Electoral Board on Monday, resulted in what now appears to be a 115 vote lead for Herring over Obenshain.

While the results posted by State Board of Elections (SBE) do not yet reflect that change in the state tally (showing, instead, a 17 vote lead by Obenshain), a number of election experts following and closely documenting the post-election canvassing and correction of vote tallies from across the state have confirmed Herring's new lead. Those experts have been consistently and accurately ahead of the SBE in reporting results in many cases over the past week.

Ironically, the review of the poll tapes printed out by the tabulation computers from eight different precincts in very-heavily Democratic-leaning Richmond City today, came at the request of the Republican Party...

FULL STORY: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=10365

[gopiscrap]

1. That's it, call the election, he won!!!

[appleannie1]

4. I have been mentally pushing for this all day

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. There will be a recount.

There is no doubt in my mind.

[seabeyond]

3. I can not imagine anyone not calling for a recount. I would. Nt

[Aerows]

17. I agree

a mouse could starve on the difference.

[Bandit]

6. The great majority of the votes cast were on touch screen and they are not recountable.

I think the election is all but over..

[BradBlog]

13. See last section of my story...

...to get an idea where we are headed with a "recount" in VA. (And there is good reason I put a quote around that word...and it's not just because of the touch-screens.)

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. If it did not take a while and either side consceded now I would be shocked

[longship]

5. It seems that everybody concerns wants this to be done right.

The tweets from last week indicate that even the Republican in charge of the canvassing is on board. Let the voters decide. It warms my black heart that this is apparently so.

There will undoubtedly be a recount, I suppose. But I am not afraid of that.

Go Herring! Go Democrats!

[Kingofalldems]

7. Waiting for the next Brooks Brothers chickenhawk riot.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Requires a picture

[madaboutharry]

9. The media bought this bullshit stunt hook, line, and sinker.

[louis-t]

10. I will always remember that idiot Roger Morse..

trying to pick a fight with the security guard at the door to where they were recounting.

[Aerows]

18. LOL!

it does. Good reminder, Nadin.

[MoonRiver]

11. Woohoo, so hoping he can pull this off!

[bluestate10]

12. The tea party voters showed up in mass on Election Day in Virginia. Elements of our

side were too "pure" and interested in fighting people who think mostly like them to lower themselves to voting for Democratic candidates that were "below" their standards. So, now we have a razor close race that didn't have to be that way, a race that the republican may well come out on top in. And if the republican don't come out on top, precious money will be spent that could be better spent for other efforts. Obenshain and his ignorant voters can't defeat us, elements of our own party can.

[Mojorabbit]

14. I have not been following this closely but didn't

two other Dems win? It is weird that people voted for them and not this person. If the turnout was enough for the other two dems to win then your premise would be inaccurate.

[Tx4obama]

15. There was a third person on the ballot for Governor: Sarvis got 145,967 votes

Sarvis ran as a Libertarian.

So, probably it's mainly those folks that added to the Obenshain numbers in the Attorney General race.

Election results (not updated today yet), here: http://electionresults.virginia.gov/resultsSW.aspx?type=SWR&map=CTY

[Mojorabbit]

19. Thanks!

Was there also a libertarian running for lt gov? I am going on all the celebration of Dems winning there on election night on DU.

[underpants]

16. OOps! duped you

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024017721