A three-judge panel overseeing a recount in a close Virginia Beach state House race has upheld the Republican candidate’s victory, a decision that also reaffirms the GOP’s takeover of the chamber.
The certified results from the Nov. 2 election showed Republicans leading in 52 districts and the Democrats leading in 48.
Republican and Democratic party representatives are taking part in the secondary counting of ballots requested by Democratic Del. Alex Askew, who went into the recount trailing Republican Karen Greenhalgh by just 127 votes out of 28,413 counted in the 85th House District in the city of Virginia Beach.
By day’s end on Thursday, the group had worked through approximately 20,000 ballots cast in person on Election Day, and only one ballot had been designated for a challenge. because of the size of the margins. Both Askew and Mugler would have to win for the House to be tied 50-50, forcing Democrats and Republicans to hash out a power-sharing agreement.
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