Martin withdraws recount request
By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com ReporterDemocratic state senate candidate Bud Martin (D-Center Sandwich) has called his opponent state Sen.-elect Bill Denley (R-Wakefield) to tell him that Martin is withdrawing his request for a recount in the senate District 3 race.
After losing to Denley by 526 votes Martin requested that the New Hampshire Secretary of State conduct a recount. The recount was scheduled to be conducted on Tuesday but will now not take place.
Martin's withdrawal makes it official that the Democrats maintain a 14-10 majority in the state senate.
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I wonder? Was looking forward to this, even though I suspected it was a long shot by that margin for a recount.
SD 3 Republican Party Tactics
There's a great story behind this race. The state Republican Party put out a pretty nasty mailer with a wordplay on the word "perverse" just a couple of days before election day. I am suprised it was not picked up here on NHPoliticker. Perhaps someone will do a little digging here. My local paper had a pretty good piece about it (Granite State News)
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