Votes certified; Mathieson to seek recount

The Virginia election results were certified tonight by the State Board of Elections and there were no particular surprises.

Bob McDonnell still won in a landslide. House Republicans still picked up six seats.

However, one of those House seats is going to take a little longer being finalized thanks to (soon-to-be-former) Del. Bobby Mathieson (D-21). The man whose name is part of a Freedom of Information Act request associated with a congressional run, has stated that he will be requesting a recount against Del.-elect Ron Villanueva, who won by fourteen votes.

While Mathieson is provided that prerogative under law, it is taxpayers who will have to foot the bill.

Apparently thirty-three voters turned-in “write-in” ballots.

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