They’re still counting votes in the GOP AG race between Tom Horne and Andrew Thomas. Jeremy Duda of the Arizona Capitol Times reports:

Tom Horne holds a razor-thin lead over Andrew Thomas in the Republican primary for attorney general, but with about 124,000 votes left to be counted, the final outcome may not be clear for several days.

With about 474,000 votes counted, Horne holds a 454-vote lead over Thomas. But with nearly 112,000 early ballots and 12,000 provisional ballots still uncounted, the race could still swing either way. Arizona’s 15 county recorder’s offices have until Tuesday to finish counting the ballots, said Secretary of State’s Office spokesman Matt Benson.

“I would expect that they’ll take the entirety of that time. I expect that they’ll be processing ballots Tuesday,” Benson said.

Read the whole thing here.

This article appears in Aug 26 – Sep 1, 2010.

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One reply on “GOP AG Race Unknown: Horne Has 454-Vote Lead Over Thomas”

  1. It’s like crazy NFL or NASCAR, TMZ or something. It’s relentless, like you’re an employer and 10,000 resumes show up at your door, your mailbox, your e-mail every day… the blogs each and every day. Much of it misses the point, so determined is the cynical, grasping need to entertain: an example:

    Politico: Ben Quayle Denies Role in Launching Sex-Gossip Site TheDirty.com
    (Posted by Jim Nintzel on Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 10:12 AM)

    Not to mention the above, “GOP AG Race Unknown: Horne Has 454-Vote Lead Over Thomas”

    (Posted by Jim Nintzel on Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 11:19 PM)… breathless gossip, possibly profitable, by Wick’s Senior Writer, Jim Nintzel.

    Hold your nose and read something fairly intelligent about Ben Quayle and the mess:

    “Our Undemocracy”
    Mickey Edwards

    at:

    http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archiv…

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