Joe Kent continues to deny the results of the election he just lost and is insisting on a recount which he has offered to pay for (from campaign donations of course).
It may seem small, but his loss margin of 2,629 represents a huge difference that’s never been close to being overturned in a recount. The record for the greatest vote swing after a recount which changed the outcome of an election was Al Franken’s Senate election in 2008 with a total of only 440 votes changing. That was in a statewide election with nearly 3 million votes cast compared to the roughly 300,000 in this House election.
Doing the math, the biggest swing ever from a recount only shifted the vote totals by less than 0.04 percent. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez leads by over 0.8 percent. That’s over 20 times greater!
Joe Kent will not reverse the election on a recount, and even attempting to do so is an act of either desperation, delusion or a cynical fundraising attempt. Accept your loss Joe, and move on.
