With Warner ahead, vote certification begins in tight Virginia Senate race
Source: Washington Post
U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner’s margin of victory grew to nearly 16,000 votes out of more than 2 million cast in his race for a second term against Republican Ed Gillespie, according to unofficial results updated Wednesday by the state Department of Elections.
Warner declared victory over Gillespie late Tuesday in a remarkably close contest for a second term that is likely to tarnish the Democrat’s image as an untouchable force in Virginia politics.
The contest was so close that Gillespie declined to concede, raising the possibility of a recount. Gillespie may ask for a recount once the votes are certified by state election officials, a process that election officials expected to complete Nov. 24.
In Virginia, the loser can ask for a recount if the margin is less than 1 percent of the total number of votes cast — which it is, so far, in the Virginia Senate race. But the state would pay for the recount only if the margin falls below one-half of 1 percent of the votes cast — a threshold that the current results do not meet.
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