Maine: recounts in 3 house seats
The Portland Press Herald reports: State-supervised recounts have failed to resolve three disputed races for the [Maine] House of Representatives, forcing the House itself to decide who will represent the districts, including one in southern Maine.
The outcome is important because voters in the three affected districts still do not know who will represent them for the next two years. But the results will not alter the balance of power in the House, which will remain under Democratic control no matter who wins the three races.
Initial election results gave the Democrats a 76-73 edge over the Republicans in the 151-member House, with one independent and one Green Independent. Two of the three apparent winners in the unresolved races are Republicans, so the best the GOP can hope for is to gain one more seat, which would still leave the Republicans in the minority. -- House to resolve three disputed races