CT-02: Down to the Wire

(Bumped. – promoted by James L.)

From the Hotline:

In the contest between Joe Courtney (D) and Rep. Rob Simmons, new results are in:

So far today, Simmons (R) has picked up 105 votes. The gap is now about 60 votes with many more towns to compete and report. Spirits in the Simmons camp are high (Hotline sources).

Yikes.  It looks like we’ll know what happens by Wednesday.

Update: The Courant has the current margin at 66 votes.  As Samuel L. Jackson would say, hang on to your butts.

Update II: The AP has Courtney recovering slightly–to a 109 vote lead.

Update III: The Courant shows Simmons picking up a few more votes.  Now Courtney is only 82 votes ahead.  We’ll know the final score in this “stomach-churning” recount tomorrow night.

13 thoughts on “CT-02: Down to the Wire”

  1. I wasn’t comfortable with the original 167 vote margin due to election officials/people’s dyslexia or bad eyesight. The change came in the Town of Lebanon: 1,353 vs. 1,453.
    Tell Simmons not to party too soon, their odds just decreased exponetially for there to be another error of that magnitude.

  3. one of their victims in IL-06. I spent a half an hour on the phone trying to convince her that the calls were not from the Duckworth campaign. She was furious.
    They were calling at all hours of the night and tying up her phone line too, which can be downright deadly in the instance of a household with elderly persons.

  4. It was down to 62, then back to 66…29 towns reporting, 36
    towns still to report.

    As long as no more “discoveries” come up, Courtney will win the closest House race in the country.

    Oh, some of the towns use Diebold…. 🙁

    1. There’s no doubt that those fuckers at the NRCC cost us some seats with their dirty, illegal tricks.  My blood boils just thinking about how immoral and criminal they are.

      They should be sued for millions and the architects of this scheme should be thrown in jail.

      I won’t be satisfied unless the Republican Party is bankrupted because of this.

  8. doc that givings the running list of Towns and Recount Totals, showing the differences between the original count and recount. Assume the recount is not completed yet as it is showing only 30 out of 65 Towns completed with a 62 vote Courtney lead. FY enjoyment or masochistic pleasure.
    http://www.wfsb.com/…

  9. “The laws of probability stills how that I think over time, looking at other recounts, that there will be ups and downs and at the end of the day, it still should be enough of a cushion to hold,” Courtney told Eyewitness News in Washington.

    The nine towns include Ashford, Canterbury, Chester, Deep River, Haddam, Ledyard, Old Lyme, Somers and Stonington.

    Among the towns that have reported as of Tuesday evening, Courtney holds a 89-vote lead over Simmons.

    http://www.wfsb.com/…

  11. reporting a 91 vote final Courtney-D margin. Can’t wait to hear what the actual final number is here..LOL.

    From the AP:
      A roller-coaster recount that stretched nearly a week and uncovered significant vote-counting flaws in at least three communities came to an end Tuesday night, confirming Courtney’s general election victory over Rep. Rob Simmons.

      Recounts in each of the district’s 65 towns gave Courtney the nod, although his election-night margin of 167 votes narrowed to 91, according to results tabulated by town clerks and reported to The Associated Press. Nearly 250,000 votes were cast.
    Source:
    “Recount gives Courtney win in 2nd District.” Associated Press 14 November, 2006.
    http://connecticutlo…

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