Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate (R) ordered a hand-count audit and a recount of some results in the race for the state’s 2nd Congressional District, …
Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate (R) ordered a hand-count audit and a recount of some results in the race for the state’s 2nd Congressional District, which is currently knotted in a virtual tie. Pate announced Friday he was ordering the audit and requesting the recount in a Jasper County precinct “following an apparent discrepancy in the numbers.” He said a subsequent investigation found that “a human data entry error” in the Jasper County Auditor’s Office led to “some results being over-reported.” The audit and recount could determine the results of one of the country’s tightest House races to fill the vacancy of retiring Rep. Dave Loebsack (D). The tally currently shows Democrat Rita Hart ahead of Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks by just 162 votes, out of more than 393,000 votes cast.
