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<p>RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Sen. Mark Obenshain says he's going to outline his next steps in the nearly knotted race for attorney general.</p> <p>The Harrisonburg Republican has scheduled a news conference for Wednesday in Richmond. Unofficial state election results show Democratic Sen. Mark Herring with a narrow lead over Obenshain.</p>

A recount Wednesday upheld Republican Bob McDonnell's narrow victory for attorney general in the closest statewide election in modern Virginia history. McDonnell gained 37 votes in the statewide recount. The final vote, certified Wednesday night by a three-judge panel of the Richmond Circuit Court, was 970,981 for McDonnell and 970,621 for Democrat Creigh Deeds, a 360-vote margin.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- A recount Wednesday upheld Republican Bob McDonnell's narrow victory for attorney general in the closest statewide election in modern Virginia history. Democrat Creigh Deeds demanded the recount after the State Board of Elections certified McDonnell the winner by just 323 votes out of more than 1.9 million cast in the Nov. 8 election - a margin of 0.0166 of a percentage point. Deeds called McDonnell and congratulated him on the victory after preliminary recount results showed he could not overcome the margin. Deeds spokesman Mark Bergman said final numbers still were being tallied.

Republican Bob McDonnell once again declared victory in the Virginia attorney general’s race on Monday after the state Board of Elections certified the results of the Nov. 8 election. But Democrat Creigh Deeds immediately announced plans for a recount in the closest statewide election in modern Virginia history. McDonnell edged Democrat Creigh Deeds by a mere 323 votes – a margin of less than 0.01 percentage points. More than 1.94 million votes cast ballots in the contest. The elections board also certified the results in the races for governor, lieutenant governor and the House of Delegates. Democrat Tim Kaine was...

The State Board of Elections is expected today to certify Republican Robert F. McDonnell as the winner over Democrat R. Creigh Deeds in the race for attorney general … Deeds is expected to cross the street to the Richmond Circuit Count and ask for a recount, as he is allowed to by law. … Attorney General Judith Williams Jagdmann announced that she has appointed two Washington lawyers with expertise in election law to assist her office in providing legal advice to the elections board for the recount. Jan W. Baran, a former general counsel to the Republican National Committee, and...

Office: Attorney General Precincts Reporting: 2426 of 2426 (100.00%) Registered Voters: 4,449,025 Total Voting: 1,942,653 Voter Turnout: 43.66 % Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage R F McDonnell Republican 970,635 49.96% R C Deeds Democratic 970,225 49.94% Write Ins 1,793 0.09% View Results by District Locality Total: 1,942,653 Anyone know the virginia election laws? From what I have read is McDonnell's lead is shrinking because of late absentee ballots from out of state college kids. Anyone know how many provisional ballots were cast and how long the canvassing is going to last. How many absentee ballots are left to cast? They...

Republican Robert F. McDonnell declared victory yesterday in the cliffhanger race for state attorney general, but Democrat R. Creigh Deeds refused to concede and prepared for a recount battle in court. In probably the closest statewide election in Virginia's history, McDonnell said he had won by more than 1,500 votes of the almost 1.94 million votes cast. The State Board of Elections put his margin at 2,023; the Associated Press at 1,944. "I feel confident I'm the next attorney general of Virginia," he told reporters yesterday. But Deeds was defiant, arguing that "you have to wait until the votes are...

According to the State Election website, McDonnell has won the Atty. General Election by about 1,400 votes...and Creigh Deeds is whining. http://www.sbe.vipnet.org Tell Deeds to have the dignity to CONCEDE: info@creighdeeds.com

But a recount in race for attorney general is unlikely to shift result Republican Robert F. McDonnell declared victory yesterday in the cliffhanger race for state attorney general, but Democrat R. Creigh Deeds refused to concede and prepared for a recount battle in court. In probably the closest statewide election in Virginia's history, McDonnell said he had won by more than 1,500 votes of the almost 1.94 million votes cast. The State Board of Elections put his margin at 2,023; the Associated Press at 1,944. "I feel confident I'm the next attorney general of Virginia," he told reporters yesterday. But...

The attorney general race was so close we are looking at a recount no matter how it looks at first take (a GOP win). All GOP lawyers in Virginia, and neighboring states, should attend the local electoral boards' canvasses beginning today and tomorrow, to watch procedures, vote certifications, and note any unusual vote tabulation changes or inaccurate certifications, with any irregularities to be noted and communicated up the chain to the state party and so on. We need some good people for the potential process: even if they cannot attend tomorrow, we would encourage them to attend each day they...