Sat Nov 10, 2012, 08:54 AM
Murphy’s lead beyond recount: Victory certain!!!
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/national-govt-politics/murphys-lead-beyond-recount-victory-certain/nS3mn/
Palm Beach county ballot tallies updated at 1 a.m. today give Patrick Murphy, the Democratic candidate for House District 18, enough of a lead to avoid a recount and comfortably celebrate his victory over Republican Allen West. The updated numbers put Murphy ahead of West by 2,429 votes. Overall, Murphy captured 166,799 votes to West’s 164,370 in District 18, which spans portions of Martin, St. Lucie and Palm Beach counties. An automatic recount is triggered by a margin of 0.5 percent of all ballots cast. Murphy’s current lead gives him a .7 percent advantage. All ballots in Martin and St. Lucie counties have been counted. The tallies released this morning by Susan Bucher, the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections, include 136,274 ballots cast during early voting, on election day and by absentee ballot. That number represents a 68.5 percent turnout of the voters within the District 18 boundary in Palm Beach county. Hey Allen: 
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14 replies, 1986 views
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Author | Time | Post |
 Murphy’s lead beyond recount: Victory certain!!! (Original post) |
RandiFan1290 | Nov 2012 | OP |
| RandiFan1290 | Nov 2012 | #1 | |
| cali | Nov 2012 | #2 | |
| ProudProgressiveNow | Nov 2012 | #4 | |
| Maraya1969 | Nov 2012 | #3 | |
| MuseRider | Nov 2012 | #6 | |
| ProudProgressiveNow | Nov 2012 | #5 | |
| ReallyIAmAnOptimist | Nov 2012 | #7 | |
| femrap | Nov 2012 | #8 | |
| donquijoterocket | Nov 2012 | #10 | |
| femrap | Nov 2012 | #14 | |
| VPStoltz | Nov 2012 | #9 | |
| Mortos | Nov 2012 | #12 | |
| outsideworld | Nov 2012 | #11 | |
| Chipper Chat | Nov 2012 | #13 |
Response to RandiFan1290 (Original post)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 09:16 AM
2. That is good news! Thanks. And bye bye to that angry nutcase, West.
Response to cali (Reply #2)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 09:32 AM
ProudProgressiveNow (3,239 posts)
4. +1000 nt
Response to RandiFan1290 (Original post)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 09:31 AM
Maraya1969 (10,098 posts)
3. West was one of my all time favorites for the getting rid of gang.
Response to Maraya1969 (Reply #3)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 09:49 AM
MuseRider (23,123 posts)
6. Mine too!
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This is happy news
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Response to RandiFan1290 (Original post)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 09:34 AM
ProudProgressiveNow (3,239 posts)
5. West is a hate filled bag of skin...
Response to RandiFan1290 (Original post)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 11:03 AM
7. Thank you for the update--excellent!
Response to RandiFan1290 (Original post)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 11:07 AM
8. Very good news!
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Was he just a one-termer??
I wonder what made him so mean and yet stupid at the same time?  |
Response to RandiFan1290 (Original post)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 11:20 AM
9. I can't remember who said it though...
Response to VPStoltz (Reply #9)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 11:59 AM
Mortos (2,124 posts)
12. Fox News only has 24 hours of programming a day
Response to RandiFan1290 (Original post)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 11:52 AM
11. We finally get rid of this tea party crazy for good
Response to RandiFan1290 (Original post)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 11:59 AM
13. He'll blame those democrat communists in Congress.
