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Hayworth not ready to concede to Mitchell
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Nov 08, 2006 04:21pm |
| Category | General |
| News Date | Nov 08, 2006 04:20pm |
| Description | Republican Rep. J.D. Hayworth said Wednesday it was too early to draw conclusions in the race for Arizona's 5th Congressional District, even though results showed Democrat Harry Mitchell had him beat.
Mitchell received 71,077 votes, or 50.5 percent, while Hayworth got 65,122 votes, or 46.2 percent, with all precincts reporting. Libertarian Warren Severin had 4,620 votes, or about 3.3 percent.
An undetermined number of early and provisional ballots remained to be counted.
"Let's get the count done," Hayworth said Wednesday after visiting the Maricopa County elections office in downtown Phoenix. "There's tens of thousands of ballots that have yet to be counted."
Hayworth, a 12-year incumbent, said he visited the elections office to "get my hands on what's been counted and what's not been counted."
He said if the outstanding ballots do not tip in his favor, he'd "be the first to congratulate Harry."
Arizona GOP Chairman Matt Salmon told supporters Tuesday night that Democrats were celebrating too early.
"Democrats are doing cartwheels in the end zone," he said. "If you think Hayworth is going to lose this race, then you are in fantasy land." |
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