Courtney declares victory in 2nd District, recount triggered
by News Channel 8's Tina Detelj

(Hartford-WTNH, Nov. 8, 2006 Updated 6:00 PM) _ A mandatory recount is underway in a race that may have helped upset the balance of power in Washington.

Right now the numbers show Republican Congressman Rob Simmons is out and Democratic Challenger Joe Courtney is in with just 167 votes separating them.

Joe Courtney walked with his wife and two children up to the podium to tell his supporters what they have wanted to hear since last night.

Joe Courtney, (D) Congressional Candidate, says,"Today at two o'clock the secretary of state announced the official tally."

That official tally puts Courtney ahead of Congressman Rob Simmons by 167 votes and even though that triggers an automatic recount he is confident the win will stand.

Courtney says,""We are up we have an official tally from the town clerks who worked very hard into the night submitted those with official certifications from each town and that's a number that's there that's real."

Rob Simmons is not throwing in the towel just yet. With his wife, Heidi, and supporters looking on he said he will let the automatic recount determine this race.

Rep. Rob Simmons says,"Anything can happen we have 65 towns our numbers show 167 votes that factors out to three votes a town that can cut either way but if you look at the numbers that way. That's an exceeding close race."

Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz says the race easily meets the standard for an automatic recount. Such a recount is triggered when the margin of victory is less than half of one percent and is no more than two-thousand votes.

Towns in the district have a week to conduct the recount

Charlie Cook is still projecting 234 Dem seats, which would be a 31 or 32 seat pickup, depending on where you started counting from...

Nitpick: LA-2 still doesn't have a winner. Mind you, it will be one of the 2 Dems in the runoff (and I wouldn't put any money on William "Freezer Burn" Jefferson), but it belongs on any "undecided" list.

Which, it would seem, is why I remarked

Mind you, it will be one of the 2 Dems in the runoff

Watch the FL13 race closely...there was an 18,000 UNDERVOTE (!!) in Sarasota. The local and state election officials are blaming it not on their defective electronic voting machines (Jennings held a press conference on election AM to highlight problems) but on voters choosing not to vote in a "nasty" race!! Jennings was ahead in every poll right up to election weekend. Election-Law blog thinks the court might order another election...but there's even a juicier possibility: Congress deciding. I'm sure a Democratic Congress would be interested in investigating the nonsense that occured in Katherine Harris' old district (and hometown) with the assistance of Jeb's pals at the Secretary of State's office...I think this will develop into a major story as the month wears on.

LA-2 is also still undecided. Rep William "bribe money in the freezer" Jefferson is in a runoff with LA Democratic party endorsed candidate Karen Carter. Both candidates are Democratic, so the seat will not change parties.

However, it might be better for the Democratic party's image if an apparently corrupt congressman was not re-elected. I hope Louisiana voters will elect Carter and save Jefferson the trouble of resigning.

Just getting the numbers straight, since the Jefferson seat will remain dem that means a sure 230 to which will probably be added at least the
Georgia seat. So Pelosi seems to be guaranteeed
231 with one other highly likely.

A total of 232 means it would take at least
15 blue dog defections to lose a vote. That seems like a pretty good margin

Is Florida already, or trying to become, the leading State of Republican Iniquity? LOL I'm just playing with sounds and words here. There are plenty of contenders for that title! The Republicans are not going to give up the home state of some of the Bush clan easily and now they've got still another screw-up in Harris' county to fool around with. 'Spose they'll try to get this one up to the Supreme Court, too?

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