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State officials formally declared Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks as the winner in the race for Iowa's 2nd Congressional District, edging out Democrat Rita Hart by a historic six vote margin. But Hart is expected to file a legal challenge of the outcome in the coming days.
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Following a districtwide recount of all 24 counties, Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks leads Democrat Rita Hart by six votes in the race for Iowa's 2nd Congressional District. The results are not yet final, pending formal certifications by county and state officials Monday.
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The margin of unofficial results in the closest federal race in the country continues to narrow as counties wrap up their recounts. Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks holds a 37 vote lead over Democrat Rita Hart, but that gap is expected to continue to narrow as some of the largest counties finalize their tallies.
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The recount in Iowa's 2nd Congressional District got underway Tuesday in Scott County. Many other counties are on track to start their counts this week, ahead of the deadline later this month to count all 394,000 votes cast in the race.
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Former Democratic state Sen. Rita Hart will request recounts in all 24 counties in Iowa's 2nd Congressional District. Unofficial results show her competitor Republican state Sen. Mariannette Miller-Meeks leads by just 47 votes in what is considered one of the closest congressional races in the country.
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The race for Iowa's 2nd Congressional District has been called one of the closest in the nation and it remains too close to call. Nonetheless, the Republican candidate has claimed victory in the race.
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Iowa’s top election official has ordered a county-wide machine recount of votes in Lucas County after the results for one precinct were left out of election night totals. With the nearly 300 votes included in the unofficial results, Republican candidate Mariannette Miller-Meeks pulled ahead in the extremely close race for Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District.
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Election workers conducted an audit by hand of every vote cast in one precinct in Jasper County Monday, after a discrepancy was detected that incorrectly gave 300 extra votes to one candidate in the incredibly close race for Iowa's 2nd Congressional District.
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A county-wide recount of votes in Jasper County has affirmed the preliminary outcome in the race for Iowa's 2nd Congressional District: unofficial results still show former Democratic state Sen. Rita Hart ahead of Republican state Sen. Mariannette Miller-Meeks. The recount was called after the auditor detected a miscount in one precinct, caused by human error during the data entry process.
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Jasper County will go through a complete recount of all ballots by hand starting tomorrow after a mistake was found in the tabulation of votes.