Wilson, Madrid Race Narrows (NM-1)

[brooklynite]

Democrat Patricia Madrid cut into Rep. Heather Wilson's margin in the 1st Congressional District vote-count Wednesday night, but she also lost opportunity as hundreds of other ballots were disqualified.

A new tally of more than 900 Bernalillo County "in-lieu-of" ballots broke more than two-to-one in Madrid's favor, cutting Wilson's lead to 1,164 votes, according to an unofficial count.

But according to estimates by County Clerk Mary Herrera, at least 845 other ballots had been disqualified, meaning that no more than 1,985 ballots remained to be counted in Bernalillo County.

Madrid, the state's attorney general, would have to win about 79 percent of all those remaining ballots to pull off a come-from-behind win, according to a Journal analysis.

http://www.abqjournal.com/news/state/512643nm11-16-06.htm (nb - requires subscription or Day Pass)

[trogdor]

1. Is this pre-recount?

[phusion]

4. Yes...

We're slow around here. :)

[Parche]

5. pre-count

Premature Election?

[texpatriot2004]

2. Madrid can do it. C'mon Madrid... nm

[longship]

3. Still much too large a gap.

Madrid isn't going to win this. Wish that wasn't so.

[xxqqqzme]

6. damn, I was pulling for her. My friends

in Albuquerque were so anxious to see wilson go.