GOP's Pryce Wins Re-election in Ohio After Protracted Count

[Ron Burgundy]

CQPolitics.com - Republican Rep. Deborah Pryce has won her bid for an eighth term in Ohio's 15th District, according to the Associated Press.

Republican Rep. Deborah Pryce (news, bio, voting record) has won her bid for an eighth term in Ohio's 15th District, according to the Associated Press.

Unofficial totals gave Pryce a 1,055-vote lead over Democrat Mary Jo Kilroy, a Franklin County Commissioner. The incumbent's lead had dwindled since Election Day as provisional and absentee ballots were counted, but not by enough to give Kilroy an advantage.

The close margin means that an automatic recount is required under state law, but it appears unlikely that a second count would change the result.

Pryce is the second Ohio Republican to emerge victorious from a lengthy count this year — last week, 2nd District Rep. Jean Schmidt secured a narrow win over Democrat Victoria Wulsin.

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