Doug Hoffman is now mathematically eliminated from any possibility of overtaking Bill Owens in the final vote count:
It’s now mathematically impossible for Doug Hoffman to take the lead in the New York special election, with his deficit now larger than the number of outstanding ballots left to be counted.
Hoffman trails Rep. Bill Owens (D-N.Y.) by 3,105 votes – with only 3,072 left to be counted, according to the Watertown Daily Times’ updated re-canvassing count. Hoffman has only netted a total of 71 votes so far in the tally of absentee and military ballots.
Despite his now insurmountable odds, Hoffman announced Wednesday night that he was revoking his concession, and preparing to contest the election results – a stance that’s received no support from leading Republican party officials within the 23rd Congressional District.
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Hoffman isn’t helping his prospects of winning another election by refusing to concede the obvious – that he lost the special election and by a healthy margin.
Indeed.
