AP - Details on House races in which the outcome remained undecided Tuesday:
- Connecticut, 2nd District: Democrat Joe Courtney led GOP Rep. Rob Simmons by about 100 votes. A recount is expected to be completed by Wednesday.
- Georgia, 12th District: First-term Democratic Rep. John Barrow led Republican former Rep. Max Burns (news, bio, voting record) by fewer than 900 votes. An automatic recount is likely once results are certified, which is expected Wednesday.
- New Mexico, 1st District: Republican Rep. Heather Wilson (news, bio, voting record) led Democrat Patricia Madrid by fewer than 1,500 votes out of more than 200,000 cast, with about 3,700 ballots remaining to be qualified and tallied.
- North Carolina, 8th District: Rep. Robin Hayes (news, bio, voting record), a Republican, had a 449-vote lead over Democrat Larry Kissell. About 1,500 provisional ballots remained to be counted. Final results aren't expected until Friday.
- Ohio, 2nd District: Rep. Jean Schmidt, a Republican who called decorated Vietnam veteran Rep. John Murtha (news, bio, voting record) a coward, was ahead of Democrat Victoria Wulsin by about 2,800 votes. Workers were to begin counting provisional and absentee ballots next week.
- Ohio, 15th District: Rep. Deborah Pryce (news, bio, voting record), a member of the House Republican leadership, leads Democrat Mary Jo Kilroy race by 3,536 votes. Thousands of provisional ballots will be counted beginning Sunday -- a day later than normal in deference to the Ohio State-Michigan football game Saturday.
- Wyoming, 1st District: Republican Rep. Barbara Cubin (news, bio, voting record) led Democrat Gary Trauner by about 1,000 votes in preliminary results that were to be certified Wednesday. Trauner likely would have to request and pay for a recount.
In addition, Rep. William Jefferson (news, bio, voting record), D-La., the subject of an FBI bribery investigation, will face fellow Democrat Karen Carter in a Dec. 9 runoff, and Rep. Henry Bonilla (news, bio, voting record), R-Texas, will face Democratic former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (news, bio, voting record) in a yet-unscheduled runoff to happen no sooner than Dec. 12.
In Florida, a recount was in its second day Tuesday in the contest for the seat Rep. Katherine Harris (news, bio, voting record) gave up to make her failed Senate run. The Associated Press has declared a winner in that race: Republican Vern Buchanan, who leads Democrat Christine Jennings by about 375 votes, or less than 0.02 percent.
11-14-2006, 02:01 PM
