Dem Russ Carnahan Wins, GOPer Ed Martin Alleges Shenanigans

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Dem Russ Carnahan Wins, GOPer Ed Martin Alleges Shenanigans

By Tricia Miller | November 3, 2010 10:17 AM


The Associated Press called Missouri Rep. Russ Carnahan (D) the winner after a long night in his St. Louis-area district. Carnahan got 48.9 percent to Republican Ed Martin's 46.7 percent.

The winning percentage is critical because a candidate who loses by less than one percent in Missouri is allowed to ask for a recount. Since Martin lost by 2.2 percent, he won't be able to ask for one.

So Martin is pursuing another route. In an e-mail to supporters Wednesday morning he wrote that he thought there may have been irregularities in Tuesday's voting process. He pointed to three issues. He said election computer systems were down part of the day, the Board of Elections hired a security firm with ties to Carnahan's campaign, and a "mathematically implausible" number of votes in favor of the Democrat came in late in the evening.

"Missourians deserve to have their elections free and fair, and unfortunately Robin Carnahan's office has not pursued the sort of clean voter rolls needed to have complete faith in an electoral outcome," Martin wrote. "We will investigate, and keep you posted."

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