GOP's Mills to seek recount after narrowly losing northeastern Minnesota congressional race

[question everything]

Republican Stewart Mills said Monday he would request — and pay for — a hand recount of votes in the congressional race he narrowly lost to DFL U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan.

"We just want to make sure that every vote gets counted, and counted correctly," Mills said in an interview. "We're prepared to accept whatever is the genuine will of the voters, but we would be negligent not to seek this recount."

Nolan, the incumbent, beat Mills by 2,009 votes of a total of 356,971 cast in northeastern Minnesota's Eighth Congressional District. That margin, a little more than one-half a percent, is too large to trigger an automatic, state-funded recount.

But state law allows Mills to request a hand recount as long as he pays for it himself. He said the margin is small enough to merit a recount, especially since Nolan outperformed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in the district. Republican President-elect Donald Trump won the Eighth District, and Nolan got nearly 40,000 more votes than Clinton.

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http://www.startribune.com/gop-s-mills-to-seek-recount-after-narrowly-losing-northeastern-minnesota-congressional-race/403480196/

[trotsky]

1. Let Mills throw his money away. He's got plenty.

"especially since Nolan outperformed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in the district"

I can't say I find that surprising in the least. Clinton took the state for granted, and Trump put some effort in - ads and the high-profile visit right before the election. Plus all the nasty lies about Clinton that resonated with rural and uninformed voters. But the people of the 8th know Rick Nolan and didn't fall as much for the vicious Mills campaign lies.

[RedWedge]

2. If you live in the 8th and are interested in helping with the recount, contact your county DFL unit.

Dates vary for the recount, but it's early next week and training is required.