South Dakota Democrat Aaron Matson Seeks a Recount in the District 11 Senate Race After Losing by 35 Votes of 8,385 Cast
Democrat Aaron Matson filed a recount request on Thursday afternoon in South Dakota's District 11 Senate race, after losing to Republican incumbent Chris Karr by 35 votes out of 8,385 cast.
Karr serves as Senate president pro tempore, and District 11 covers the southwestern part of Sioux Falls.
The state canvass was completed on Tuesday and the filing deadline falls three days after the canvass, with a recount board appointed by a local judge made up of a Republican attorney as referee plus one Republican and one Democrat, required to finish within 14 days of the filing.
South Dakota law sets the recount threshold at 2 percent, and four other races fell within it this cycle, District 11 House at 129 votes, District 12 Senate at 134, District 3 House at 143 and District 9 House at 157, but the losing candidates in those four races said they will not seek recounts.
Pending the recount, the next Legislature stands at 92 Republicans, 12 Democrats and one independent.
Source: Argus Leader
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Photo: 图：南达科他州议会大厦。Jake DeGroot 摄，维基共享资源 CC BY-SA 3.0。 / Photo: The South Dakota State Capitol in Pierre. Photo by Jake DeGroot, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).
