Monday, December 11, 2006
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A congressional race that was so close it triggered an automatic recount finally wrapped up Monday with officials confirming Republican Rep. Deborah Pryce had won.
Pryce ended Election Night 1,055 votes ahead of Democrat Mary Jo Kilroy, but the difference was within a half-percentage point, which requires an automatic recount under Ohio law. The recount numbers, released Monday, showed Pryce had gained 7 more votes, to win with 110,739 votes to 109,677 for Kilroy.
The two women waged one of the country's most closely watched races, with Pryce -- as the House's No. 4 Republican leader -- seen by national Democrats as vulnerable on the war on Iraq and her championing of President Bush's failed Social Security privatization plan.
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