[EL] History of statewide recounts

[Michael P McDonald]

In Virginia we are narrowing down to an election outcome where the two candidates for Attorney general will be separated by perhaps less than 100 votes out of 2.2 million. Reporters want to know if this will be the closest statewide margin in history where there were, say, over 1 million vote cast. So, I throw the question to the combined wisdom of the list serve: what was the closest statewide election in history?

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Dr. Michael P. McDonald
Associate Professor
George Mason University
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