Montana Recount
The Helena Indpendent Record reports that Montanans will know by Monday which party will control the state House of Representatives:
The official state canvass conducted Monday showed Constitution Party candidate Rick Jore of Ronan with the same two-vote margin over Democrat Jeanne Windham of Polson that was found in the unofficial results from the Nov. 2 election. Jore has 1,559 votes and Windham has 1,557. Republican Jack Cross has 1,108 votes.
On Tuesday, Windham filed a petition with the secretary of state's office asking for a recount. The law required her to wait until after the canvass to submit the request.
If Jore remains the winner after the hand counting of the 4,224 ballots, Republicans will hold a 50-49 edge in the House. If Windham wins, Democrats and Republicans will share control of the chamber with 50 votes apiece.
If the GOP has the advantage, Republican Rep. Roy Brown of Billings will be speaker and his party will have a majority on all the committees. If the House is evenly split, a Democrat will be speaker to reflect the party of Gov.-elect Brian Schweitzer and committees will be divided equally between the two parties.
Siedentopf said the recount will begin at 8:30 a.m. Monday and should be finished that day. The work will not begin before then because staff will be gone for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Nate Tobin | November 24, 2004 | Comment on This Post (0 so far) |
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