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Eichhorn: No clear winner in senate primary
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| Last Edited | ev Jun 04, 2008 07:46pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Quad-City Times |
| News Date | Thursday, June 5, 2008 01:45:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Charlotte Eby | Wednesday, June 04, 2008 | No comments posted
DES MOINES — Unofficial vote totals show Republican Christopher Reed of Marion winning the GOP U.S. Senate primary Tuesday night by the narrowest of margins.
But second-place finisher George Eichhorn of Stratford apparently isn’t giving up yet, with just 403 votes separating the two.
In a statement released Wednesday, Eichhorn’s campaign said the race is “so close it is still not clear that a winner can be discerned.”
With unofficial results from all precincts tallied, Reed had 25,159 votes or 35.2 percent, followed by Eichhorn with 24,756 or 34.65 percent, according to the Iowa Secretary of State’s Office.
The third candidate, Steve Rathje of Cedar Rapids, trailed with 21,306 votes or 29.8 percent.
A canvass, expected to be completed next week, will provide official vote totals in each county after they are certified by the county boards of supervisors. That canvass could also include absentee ballots that had not yet been received on Election Day. A candidate could decide to request a recount on a county-by-county basis after the canvass is completed.
A candidate must have 35 percent of the vote to win the nomination or the nominee will be picked at the state party convention later this month.
Reed said Wednesday he was moving forward with his campaign against Democratic U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin. Reed’s Senate race is his first run for public office.
“We’re already getting calls from press for interviews. Our appointment book’s already filled up,” Reed said. He is scheduled to appear on Iowa Public Television’s “Iowa Press,” which will tape Friday.
Reacting to the results of the Republican race that will decide his challenger, Harkin said his experience and “Iowa values” will be critical in the November general election.
“America faces a number of challenges after the failed policies of the Bush White House,” Harkin said in a statement. |
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