Monday, November 27, 2006
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Republican Rep. Deborah Pryce won re-election Monday to the U.S. House by a margin so slim that a recount will be required.
Pryce led Democratic challenger Mary Jo Kilroy by 1,055 votes in unofficial results after counties in central Ohio's 15th District counted absentee and provisional ballots weeks after Election Day.
Pryce actually lost Franklin County, the district's most populous that announced its totals Monday. But votes she picked up in two other counties that announced results last week, Madison and Union, helped her keep her lead.
Kilroy, a Franklin County commissioner, had thought the outstanding ballots in Franklin, including many from Ohio State University students in Columbus, could sway the election in her favor.
The race was one of a few that had remained unresolved across the country since Election Day, when the Democrats took control of Congress.
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