Saturday, November 14, 2009

The Democrat winner in NY-23 could still lose

Democrat Bill Owens, who was sworn into Congress last week and immediately voted for a controversial health care legislation, has a lead that has narrowed to 3,026 votes with about 5,800 absentee ballots received so far that have yet to be counted, according to a routine recanvassing of the votes.

The Conservative candidate in a New York congressional race that drew national attention said Friday that he regrets conceding the election, after a review of the votes revealed the race is too close to call.

Democrat Bill Owens, who was sworn into Congress last week and immediately voted for controversial health care legislation, still hasn't been certified the winner by local elections officials. His lead over Conservative Doug Hoffman has narrowed to 3,026 votes with about 5,800 absentee ballots received so far that have yet to be counted, according to a routine recanvassing of the votes.

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