Tallahassee, FL – Florida’s outgoing governor, Republican Rick Scott, was declared the winner of the state’s hard-fought U.S. Senate race on Sunday, following a recount of ballots in the tight contest against three-term Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson.
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In the recount of the Nov. 6 election, Scott won by 10,033 votes out of 8.19 million cast statewide, Florida elections officials said on Sunday. Scott took 50.05 percent, compared with 49.93 percent for Nelson, the officials added.
Nelson, first elected to the Senate in 2000, became the latest incumbent Democratic senator toppled in the midterm congressional election in which President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans expanded their majority in the Senate but lost control of the House of Representatives.
Scott, who was prevented by state law from running for a third term as governor, emerged from the Nov. 6 vote with a lead of less than 0.5 percentage points, which prompted a recount of the ballots. Republicans including Trump made allegations, without offering evidence, that the process was marred by fraud.
The battle between Nelson and Scott and the race to replace Scott as governor both were closely watched contests in which Democrats had hoped to topple Republicans. On Saturday, Democrat Andrew Gillum conceded to Republican rival Ron DeSantis, an ally of Trump, in the governor’s race, which also went to a recount.
Another stolen election, right hashoteh?
Bwahahahaha.
DemocRATS are real sore losers – with more than 10,000 votes for the republican Senator, they had no chance of winning – just a waste of U.S. Taxpayers money to do a recount
Finally!!! Sore loser!
“Republicans including Trump made allegations, without offering evidence, that the process was marred by fraud.”
Over and over again these articles state “without evidence”. Of course there is evidence. Federal judges have castigated (including in this election) certain Democrat officials for disobeying the election rules, for blocking transparency, and for contempt of court for disobeying court orders about the election. One name s famous because (allegedly) show will retire – Brenda Snipes (look it up).
Or how about the following example:
> A Democratic party official in Florida directed aides to share altered election forms with voters in an effort to fix ballot signature problems a day after polls closed in the key swing state, an email obtained by the USA TODAY NETWORK shows.
The day after voting closed. The deadline had passed. Changingthe data on the ballot is outright voter fraud.