Nov 18, 2018
Scott Retains Lead in Florida Senate Race After Manual Recount
, Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) -- Republican Rick Scott held onto his narrow lead after two rounds of reviewing ballots cast almost two weeks ago. Scott, the state’s current governor, moved to within a hair of becoming one of Florida’s senators.
The manual recount concluded Sunday gave Scott a 10,033-vote lead over Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson out of almost 8.2 million cast, according to updated results.
To contact the reporter on this story: Jonathan Levin in Miami at jlevin20@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Michael J. Moore at mmoore55@bloomberg.net, Flynn McRoberts
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