Harrigan's Lead Narrows to 2,505 Votes in North Carolina's 10th Congressional District: Forsyth County Provisional Ballots Give Bell 896 Votes, and the Associated Press Still Rates the Race Too Early to Call
WINSTON SALEM, North Carolina, United States — The race for North Carolina's tenth congressional district has moved firmly into recount territory after provisional ballots counted in Forsyth County cut the lead of Republican Representative Pat Harrigan over Democrat Ashley Bell to 2,505 votes in complete but unofficial results, QNC News reported on November 12.
Harrigan, a first term Republican, now stands at 49.63 per cent of the vote to 48.78 per cent for Bell, with independent Steven Feldman taking most of the remainder. Bell gained 896 votes from the Forsyth County provisional ballots, the latest batch of late counted votes to narrow a margin that stood above 3,000 votes in earlier counts from the district, which covers parts of central and western North Carolina including Winston Salem.
The Associated Press still rates the contest too early to call, with all 187 precincts reporting and about 99 per cent of the expected vote counted. County boards must still complete their canvass and certify results before the outcome becomes official, and the tightened margin now sits inside the one percent range that allows the trailing candidate to request a recount under state law.
The district is one of several North Carolina House races that remained unresolved a week after the November 3 midterm elections. Both campaigns say they are monitoring the canvass county by county and preparing for a possible recount fight once the results are certified.
Source: QNC News
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Photo: 图：北卡罗来纳州Winston-Salem天际线（资料图，第 10 国会选区覆盖城市）。图中是Winston-Salem市区的高层建筑天际线。作者与授权：Candeadly，CC BY 4.0（按 Wikimedia Commons 文件页抄录），维基共享资源。 / Photo: Winston-Salem skyline, in North Carolina's 10th Congressional District. Wikimedia Commons (Candeadly，CC BY 4.0（按 Wikimedia Commons 文件页抄录）).
