re: #139 lostlakehiker

ONE such instance of a democrat losing a 400 vote margin would force that admission. Or two instances of a democrat losing a 100 vote margin.

OK?

I’ve not seen or heard of anything of the sort, but maybe I just haven’t run across the right news story.

Show me one or two such instances and I’ll recant. re: #99 Naso Tang

The Democrats were BEHIND going in. They made up much, but not all, of a big deficit. We’re talking cases where the Democrat lead by hundreds at the end of the initial tally, and then lost as a result of a recount.

Here you go

wral.com

Rep. Phil Baddour, the House majority leader since 1999, lost to Republican Louis Pate after a hand recount in Wayne County completed Friday afternoon gave Pate a 174-vote victory, a county elections official said.

Along with the GOP defeat of Rep. Alice Underhill, D-Craven, in another recount completed Friday, Republicans will have a 61-59 lead over Democrats in the chamber starting in January.

Baddour appeared to have won by nearly 900 votes after Election Day, but Pate took the lead a few days later when straight-ticket ballots not counted by voting machines were tallied.

You retraction?