Looks like Eric just about has this wrapped up. Despite AP and everyone else having declared this one for Eric on election night, Eric will not accept victory and Kuhl will not concede defeat until the number of ballots remaining to be counted is less than Eric's lead. Here's the update of the numbers from Eric's campaign.
Friends,
A lot of people have been asking for an update on the vote counts, so here it is. Earlier today (Friday, November 14th,) the Board of Elections in Monroe County concluded their count of the absentee and affidavit ballots, and our lead grew tremendously. Additionally, the recanvass of Monroe and Chemung Counties also concluded. As of right now, the district-wide recanvass is complete and all that's left to do is count the remaining absentee/affidavit ballots in Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chemung, Ontario, Schuyler, Steuben and Yates counties.
Here's a "by the numbers" run down of where we stand right now:
- 4,487 - Our lead prior to Friday, 11/14
- 299 - Votes we gained from the Chemung/Monroe Recanvass
- 954 - Our lead over Randy Kuhl from the Monroe County absentees and affidavit ballots opened today
- 11,000 - Total estimated number of absentee/affidavit ballots
- 5,100 - Approximate number of absentee/affidavit ballots opened in Monroe County
- 5,900 - Approximate number of remaining absentee/affidavit ballots that have yet to be opened in the other seven counties
- 5,740 - Our total combined margin of victory
With about 5,900 absentees and affidavits left to be counted and a lead of 5,740, it certainly looks like this election will be concluded shortly.
Thank you all for your support and we look forward to being able to celebrate soon.
Eric Massa