Recounts House 113 & Senate 32

For Immediate Release
November 17, 2004
Contact: Dan A. Gwadosky
207-626-8400

Recounts Completed in House District 113 and Senate District 32

AUGUSTA, MAINE – Secretary of State Dan A. Gwadosky announced on Wednesday that recounts of results from the November General Election in House District 113 and Senate District 32 have been conducted and completed under the supervision of the Secretary of State's Office.

At the conclusion of the recount in House District 113, which took place Tuesday afternoon and evening, John Brautigam (D) of Falmouth remained the winner by a margin of 55 votes. David Elowitch (R) of Portland requested the recount after preliminary results from Election Day indicated he lost the election. The recount determined that 2,634 votes were cast for Brautigam, while 2,579 were cast for Elowitch.

In the Senate District 32 recount, Joe Perry (D) of Bangor remained the winner by a margin of 280 votes. Tom Sawyer (R) of Bangor requested the recount after preliminary results from Election Day indicated he lost the election. The recount determined that 9,636 votes were cast for Perry, while 9,356 were cast for Sawyer.

All seventeen General Election recounts are being conducted in a secure State Police building on Hospital Street in Augusta. Recounts are a public proceeding and members of the media may attend to observe. State law requires the State Police to collect the ballots for the recounts and keep them in the secured State Police facility until the recounts have been completed. The ballots are stored in tamperproof metal containers and are closed with specially numbered security seals and locks.

In a recount, the representatives of each candidate and staff members from the Department of the Secretary of State manually review each ballot to determine the official vote tally. Recounts are requested based upon the unofficial initial results.

If a recount produces enough disputed ballots to affect the outcome of the election, the Maine House of Representatives would determine which candidate to seat in House races. The Maine State Senate would determine which candidate to seat in State Senate races. The Supreme Judicial Court would make a determination in County races.

A list of all recounts and scheduling information accompanies this press release. Recounts in House Districts 42 and 43, which began Friday, have been continued unthil later this week. The same is true for the recount of House District 139, which started on Monday.

Recount Requests and Schedule

Office	District	Candidate (Party)	Unofficial Results	Official Results	Recount Date/Time
Senate	32	Sawyer (R) Perry (D)	9,291 9,589	9,356 9,636	Completed
House	27	Jones (D) Richardson (R)	2,564 2,643		Friday, November 19th at 9:00 a.m.
House	41	Price (D) Lindell (R)	2,458 2,489	2,449 2,501	Completed
House	42	Brooks (D) Kaelin (R)	2,293 2,299		Continued
House	43	Ash (D) Giles (R)	2,559 2,572		Continued
House	49	Evangelos (D) Richardson (R)	2,284 2,410	2,302 2,417	Completed
House	56	Grant (D) Davis (R)	2,237 2,255	2,248 2,261	Completed
House	67	Hobart (R) Hutton (D)	2,487 2,527	2,507 2,537	Completed
House	82	MacDonald (D) Flood (R)	2,581 2,670		Thursday, November 18th at 3:30 p.m.
House	89	Harvell (R) Mills (D)	2,232 2,297		Thursday, November 18th at 12:30 p.m.
House	91	Carter (D) Jodrey (R)	2,664 2,720		Friday, November 19th at 1:00 p.m.
House	113	Elowitch (R) Brautigam (D)	2,575 2,633	2,579 2,634	Completed
House	139	Jacobsen (R) McAlevey (D)	2,365 2,378		Continued
House	142	Boland (D) Bowles (R)	2,189 2,268	2,189 2,267	Completed
House	146	Scharff (D) Brown (R)	2,446 2,531		Thursday, November 18th at 8:30 a.m.
SOM Cty Comm	District 2	Roy (R) Libby (D)	4,466 4,471		Wednesday, November 22nd at 8:30 a.m.
WAS Cty Comm	District 2	Goodwin (D) Gardner (R)	2,673 2,725		Wednesday, November 22nd at 1:30 p.m.

NOTE: The first candidate listed in each race was the apparent losing candidate on Election Day--based on unofficial results--and is therefore the candidate who requested the recount.