Donnelly still weighing recount options

In an e-mail to supporters today, Democratic attorney general candidate Margaret Donnelly, who lost by 786 votes to Chris Koster Tuesday, said she is still weighing her recount options:

Election day has come and gone and our historic race has made history once again: we ended with the closest statewide vote total in Missouri history- 786 votes. It is an amazing result when you consider that Koster spent 3 times as much money on TV as I did in the last week of the campaign and that we had a “stalking horse” candidate who received 23,000 votes after not campaigning at all.

I cannot begin to express my thanks to all of you. You gave so generously of your time and money to help the campaign. I am very proud of the race we ran and without you we would never have done so well.

Under Missouri law we are entitled to a recount if the vote total is less than 1%. Even though the state pays the cost of the official recount we would still have some expenses if the recount proceeds. We are weighing the costs and practical considerations before deciding the next step to take. The recount cannot begin until the vote totals are certified, approximately 2 weeks after the election.

I will keep you posted on what we decide to do about the recount. Meanwhile, we can look ahead to the November elections and electing Democrats from the president down to the legislative seats.

I am so blessed to have such great friends.