Iowa officials certify Republican Miller-Meeks's 6-vote victory
Source: The Hill
Iowa officials on Monday certified the results showing state Sen. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) defeating former state Sen. Rita Hart (D) by just six votes in the race for Iowas open 2nd Congressional District.
Miller-Meeks will succeed seven-term Rep. David Loebsack (D-Iowa), who announced his retirement last year. She previously lost to him in the 2008, 2010 and 2014 general elections, but with Loebsack's retirement, the district was considered a swing district.
Miller-Meeks was elected to the state Senate in 2018. Her term was set to end in 2023.
Polling showed the 2nd District as one of the most competitive races in the state, with Hart leading 49 percent to 43 percent in an October poll but Miller-Meeks leading 48 percent to 44 percent in an August survey.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/523573-republican-miller-meeks-wins-race-for-open-iowa-house-race
A 6 vote victory was certified? This is absurd. Is no one challenging this? We can not afford to lose another seat.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)jimfields33
(15,473 posts)Prior it was a 36-vote lead.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Thats all that now separates the two candidates running for an open southeast Iowa congressional seat almost certainly headed to a legal contest.
Clinton County completed its recount of the 2nd Congressional District on Saturday, the last of the 24 counties in the district to do so, narrowing the tightest race in the country and one of the closest federal races in a century.
Democrat Rita Hart gained a net of two votes in her home county after the recount board finished counting close to 6,000 outstanding absentee ballots on Saturday, which narrows Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks lead to six votes overall.
https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/government/rita-hart-mariannette-miller-meeks-recount-senate-20201128
FBaggins
(26,697 posts)"additional legal ballots may have yet to be counted. Over the next few days, we will outline our next steps in this process to ensure that all Iowans voices are heard"
samsingh
(17,571 posts)fraudulent.
robbob
(3,514 posts)were left uncounted at the post office. DeJoy needs to go to de jail.
bullwinkle428
(20,627 posts)the county auditor's office, but it really does make one wonder about the mailed-in ones.
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)A win's a win.