The vote count in the tight Connecticut gubernatorial race seems to be winding down, with Democrat Dan Malloy the apparent winner over Republican Tom Foley — though who knows, the litigation could be just beginning.
The key here is that the city of Bridgeport, which had a controversial poll extension as a result of ballot shortages on Election Day, took a long time to sort out its votes and get them counted. (The total does not include less than 100 votes that were cast after 8 p.m.) Those results came this morning, with Malloy winning a 17,973-4,099 margin in the heavily Democratic city. And with the city’s votes now included, Malloy went from trailing his Republican opponent to leading by a statewide margin of 5,465.
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Meanwhile, Bridgeport found a bag of reportedly uncounted votes, which has Foley crying foul.
Foley is not conceding. “It may well take a recount to get an accurate count,” he said today. “There may well be plenty of bases for a recount.”
