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Just 15,092 votes out of 8.2 million separate Sen. Bill Nelson and Gov. Rick Scott in the Florida Senate race. And the margin continues to narrow — it was at nearly 60,000 on election night and 34,000 Wednesday afternoon. One thing is clear: This race is headed to a recount. Scott, the Republican, leads Nelson, the Democrat, by 0.18 percentage points. That is well within the margin for a machine recount (0.5 percent) and within the threshold for a recount by hand (0.25 percent).
Just 15,092 votes out of 8.2 million separate Sen. Bill Nelson and Gov. Rick Scott in the Florida Senate race. And the margin continues to narrow — it was at nearly 60,000 on election night and 34,000 Wednesday afternoon. One thing is clear: This race is headed to a recount. Scott, the Republican, leads Nelson, the Democrat, by 0.18 percentage points. That is well within the margin for a machine recount (0.5 percent) and within the threshold for a recount by hand (0.25 percent).
Not all the ballots have been counted yet in South Florida, a Democratic stronghold
As of Thursday morning, two voter-rich counties were still tabulating an unknown number of ballots.
Broward County, where Nelson received 68.9 percent of the votes, was still counting early-voting, vote-by-mail and Election Day ballots.
Palm Beach County, where Nelson received 58.4 percent of the votes, was still counting vote-by-mail ballots.
If the breakdown of these pending ballots is anything close to the results so far, Nelson should pick up more votes than Scott.
Undervote in Senate race in Broward County
In Broward County, 695,799 people turned in ballots. But only 665,688 voted in the Senate race.
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