Democratic candidate Roy Cooper has claimed victory in this race, but as of Friday morning Republican Pat McCrory had not conceded and the result had not been officially recognized; with a 5,000
vote margin out of 4.7 million votes cast, the Associated Press reported it could be late next week before the winner is officially known.
Not exact matches
His
margin of victory in Michigan was even slimmer, at about 10,700
votes out of 4.8 million cast.
The area had been expected to
vote out, but not by such a large
margin.
As they enthusiastically did in 2008 and 2012, black voters should turn
out in massive numbers this November in states where their
votes can determine the
margin of victory for the Democratic nominee — Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina and Florida.
It should be mentioned that the 2008 General Conference sustained United Methodist membership in RCRC by a
margin of only 32
votes out of a total of 800 cast; this is the narrowest
vote, to date, on United Methodist membership in RCRC.)
The 75 - year - old Brazilian retired from football in 1977 and was
voted the FIFA Player of the Century in 2000, beating
out Diego Maradona and Johan Cruyff by a wide
margin for the distinction.
«Getting
out the
vote in this area for the lieutenant governor will be very important for her and will add to her winning
margin,» said Joe Morelle, a key Cuomo ally upstate, the Democratic Assembly majority leader and Monroe County Democratic chairman.
We had 30 % turn
out at my precinct and 20 cases where someone tried to
vote but found that someone had already
voted for them and had to fill
out a provisional ballot (that gets tossed), that translates to ~ 70 total
votes, our alderman was selected by a
margin of 8, and our School Superintendent by 11.
Of the 711 that were sent
out, more than 500 had been returned as of Wednesday; a figure that is well outside the current razor thin
vote margin.
In such a crowded Democratic primary with several candidates that have political experience, connections, and endorsements, the
margin of victory could be quite small, with getting
out the
vote essential to winning.
Mr. King narrowly defeated Mr. Lynch that time, 52 to 48 percent; the
margin was less than 350
votes out of just under 6,300 cast.
The Conservative Party moves, if carried
out, could cripple the already fragile Republican Senate majority, because the minor - party ballot line is often critical for Republicans because usually draws 10 percent of the
vote, often the
margin of victory.
The newly elected town justice, Eileen Powers, who beat Democratic challenger Robert Meguin by a 65 percent to a 34 percent
margin, thanked the voters of Southold Town, happily pointing
out that «it's the 100th anniversary of the women's right to
vote in New York.»
Tedisco, who has served in the state assembly for the last 33 years, beat
out challenger Christian Klueg of Northville by a 71 percent to 27 percent
margin with about two - thirds of the
vote counted, according to the state Board of Elections at 11:15 p.m. Klueg conceded the race.
Kennedy won Illinois by less than 9,000
votes out of 4.75 million cast, or a
margin of 0.2 %.
JFK's popular
vote margin was just over 100,000
votes out of 70 million cast.
In the 2008 gubernatorial open primary, Gov. Chris Gregoire (D) edged
out Rossi in Pierce by little over 100
votes (72,388 to 72,258) and bested him by a wider
margin in Kitsap (32,142 to 31,784) and Snohomish (71,078 to 68,470), while Rossi took Clark 35,933 to 34,938.
«The GMB appear to have broken the spirit of the rules guiding the conduct of the Labour party leadership election by sending
out a strong recommendation for Ed Miliband together with the ballot paper for political levy payers... It may well suggest that the
margin of his victory depended on
votes cast in dubious circumstances.
The
margin in favor of Mr. Kaminsky, an assemblyman and former federal prosecutor, over Republican Christopher T. McGrath, a personal injury lawyer, stood at 780
votes out of some 68,000 cast by Nassau County residents on the South Shore.
He told the story of his first win, by a
margin of 67
votes out of about 30,000 cast, in 1977.
Cuomo, who hopes to win by a crushing
margin against his little - known opponent, is leaning on a get -
out - the -
vote operation built around SEIU 1199, the health care union, and the Hotel Trades Council.
He won by a
margin of 107
votes out of more than 9,800 cast.
But the paper - thin
margin in the primary — Gallo ended primary night down by six
votes and eked
out a 708 - 701 victory 13 days later on the strength of absentee ballots — shows a Democratic party that is deeply divided.
Among the most interesting developments Tuesday was that Carl P. Paladino maintained his seat by a narrow
margin of 107
out of nearly 3,000
votes cast, with 18 - year - old Austin Harig taking 48 percent of the
vote.
In the Bronx, Ms. Mark - Viverito eked
out a reed - thin 11 -
vote win over runner - up Ralina Cardona while fending off challengers by larger, but still uncomfortable,
margins in Manhattan.
In the Town of Chester, incumbent town board members won the Republican line by a large
margin — Michael G. Packer received 263
votes and Michael G. Packer won 248
votes while political newcomer Ava Ashendorff, got 107, and is knocked
out for November, when Lauren Pereau joins this race as an independent.
Afterward, Cuomo seemed to be tamping down expectations of a wide
margin of victory, saying fracking and Common Core will be the main issues that influence voter turn
out and the
vote.
But she pointed
out that a statewide ballot initiative to change teacher tenure, Prop. 74, was defeated in 2005 by a 55 - to - 45
vote margin.
The
margin, however, 3,500
votes out of more than 50,000 cast, was slim enough to give James some doubts about the durability of his reign.