Iowa Democrat to Challenge House Loss by 6 Votes
A Democratic congressional candidate who trailed by six votes after a recount said she will forgo further legal challenges in Iowa and instead appeal directly to the U.S. House for additional recount proceedings.
Rita Hart's campaign had until last Wednesday afternoon to contest the election under Iowa law. Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks was declared the winner of the closest U.S. House race in decades.
An election contest in Iowa would have set in motion the formation of a five-judge panel that would’ve been required to rule by this Tuesday. Hart's campaign said that quick timeline would not allow enough time to review all the ballots, including thousands of unexamined undervotes and overvotes and a small number of others that were not counted for various reasons.
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