A post on an election law discussion list by Richard Winger led me to this little historical tidbit:
The closest United States Senate election in history occurred in New Hampshire in 1974. A contest between John A. Durkin, Manchester and Louis C. Wyman, Manchester was recounted several times by the State of New Hampshire and by the US Senate with differing results. [In one of the recounts, Wyman won by 2 votes.] The Senate was unable to decide the election, and the seat was declared vacant as of August 8, 1975 so a special election was held on September 16, 1975. The final results were: Durkin…..140,778 votes, Wyman….113,007 votes. The turnout for that special election was greater than in the original election.
I did not know that.
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