Posted on 11/07/2018 9:36:45 AM PST by Red Badger
Gov. Rick Scott declared victory Tuesday with a slim 0.68 percentage point win over U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, who conceded even though his campaign raised issues with ballot counting in several South Florida counties.
Nelson advisor Dan McLaughlin told supporters at Nelson’s election night event at the Embassy Suites in Orlando that the campaign had concerns about ballot counting in several south Florida counties.
But just after midnight, the Nelson campaign said he would concede.
“This is obviously not the result Senator Nelson's campaign has worked hard for,” said Pete Mitchell, Nelson’s campaign manager. “The senator will be making a full statement tomorrow to thank all those who rallied for his cause.”
Shortly before midnight, Scott talked to his supporters in Fort Myers, who were chanting “Senator Scott, Senator Scott.”
“It’s hard to believe we’re here tonight,” he said. “This campaign is behind us and that’s where we’re going to leave it.”
(Excerpt) Read more at orlandosentinel.com ...
Hearken back to the days of Al Gore, who used to be the next President of the United States, and the fiasco that was the Florida recount.
And Gore still lost.
I guess that there are term limits eventually.
Maybe they want to get together and chad about it.
Wait...I meant chat.
I dunno about that but “The old He-Coon walks just before the light of day.”
Incorrect Nelson demanded a recount. He did not concede today
Nelson demanded a recount. He did not concede today. This story is from last night. Apprently Nelson changed his mind
Someone should offer Nelson a free pudding cup and a lunchroom committee chair over at the nursing home.
The articles say there’s an automatic recount if the difference is less than half a percent.
An article says Nelson CAN stop the automatic recount if he concedes.
This article is from just after midnight.
Florida SOS unofficial results shows only a .38 difference - 50.19 - 49.81.(approx. 30k votes)
https://floridaelectionwatch.gov/FederalOffices/USSenator
Nelson tweeted later this a.m. that this election is in a mandatory recount area(under 0.5)
When that determination will be made ? who knows...How Nelson can cover 30K+ in a recount ? let me count the ways.
this is an update from 10:53AM today
Radio news said he has privately conceded to Scott and will make a statement later today..........
3k maybe.
30k no way....................
that’s what I thought, so I wonder why Nelson doesn’t concede ?
Because liberals are the scum of the earth
Michigan won’t be doing recounts for decades now.and Jill Stein made a ton of money promising a recount. That will be Dems next fundraising ploy.
well all the lawyers need something to do.
Obama told Nelson last night that being an empty suit wasn’t all that bad and to join the club.
With 1.5 million new felons added to the FL voter rolls, it probably won't matter much.
Nelson has demanded a recount. Try and keep up.
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