Jennings challenges 369-vote loss in congressional race/Sarasota FL

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TALLAHASSEE -- State officials Monday certified Republican Vern Buchanan won the House seat being vacated by Republican Rep. Katherine Harris, though the loser immediately sued for a new election, arguing that touch-screen voting machines had malfunctioned.

Democrat Christine Jennings filed suit in Circuit Court here, asking that a judge order a new election in the 13th District, where the Florida Canvassing Commission said the candidate lost by just 369 votes. A manual recount last week confirmed Buchanan's win in the southwest Florida district being vacated by Harris, but Jennings claims voting machines did not work properly in Sarasota County.

"The statistical evidence is overwhelming. The statistical evidence is based on numbers that cannot be seriously questioned," said Kendall Coffey, a lawyer for Jennings. "In addition, there are eyewitness accounts" of voting problems.

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