[EL] History of statewide recounts

[Flavio Komuves]

I would surmise Gregoire-Rossi in 2004 may be even closer percentage-wise than the Virginia race, even though I think the numerical margin exceeded 100.


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From: Michael P McDonald <mmcdon at gmu.edu> 
Date: 11/10/2013  15:25  (GMT-05:00) 
To: "law-election at UCI.edu" <law-election at uci.edu> 
Subject: [EL] History of statewide recounts 
 
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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