Reply #29: OH: Wulsin hangs on, Schmidt moves on [View All]

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Cincinnati Enquirer

BY ROB DOWDY | COMMUNITY PRESS STAFF WRITER
INDIAN HILL - To many in Ohio's 2nd District, the congressional race between incumbent Jean Schmidt (R) and challenger Victoria Wulsin (D) is over, but votes are still being counted and Wulsin is still holding out hope for victory.

Schmidt led Wulsin Election Day, Nov. 7, by about 2,300 votes, but Wulsin refused to concede until all the provisional ballots were counted. Two weeks later, the number of provisional ballots counted continued to increase Schmidt's lead.

According to the Associated Press Nov. 21, Schmidt's lead had increased to more than 3,000 votes with the provisional ballot count with only a few thousand votes left to be counted.

"We don't have every vote counted and as long as we don't have every vote counted ... I won't concede," Wulsin said.

Schmidt, on the other hand, is claiming victory.

"I've worked hard in Congress for the people of southern Ohio and I look forward to continuing that work thanks to the confidence that the voters of the 2nd District have shown in me," she said.

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