New Hampshire Senate Race Likely Heading to Recount

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Free Beacon:

The New Hampshire Senate race is likely heading to a recount even as Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan declared victory with a several-hundred-vote lead on Wednesday morning.

 

Republican incumbent Sen. Kelly Ayotte declined to concede the race to Sen. Kelly Ayotte, saying that she is still waiting for every vote to be counted. She trails by about 700 votes of the 700,000 cast.

 

“This has been a closely contested race from the beginning and we look forward to results being announced by the Secretary of State, and ensuring that every vote is counted in this race that has received an historic level of interest,” the Ayotte campaign said in a release.

 

The release came after Hassan delivered a victory speech, in which she pledged to “work with President-elect Trump when it is in the best interest of New Hampshire and the country, and to stand up to him when it isn’t.” She insisted that her lead was solid enough to win.

 

“It is clear that we have won, and I am proud to stand here as the next United States Senator from New Hampshire,” she said in prepared remarks.