John Lucas

UPDATED: After twelve days of recounting votes, the winners are Rick Scott and Nikki Fried

by John Lucas | Nov 18, 2018

As the noon deadline came and passed Sunday in the hand recount of votes in the race for the U.S. Senate in Florida, the final numbers reported by local election officials from across the state confirmed what had been growing more and more obvious as the recount...

Andrew Gillum concedes governor’s race to Ron DeSantis

by John Lucas | Nov 17, 2018

For the second time in as many weeks, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum has conceded the race to Republican Ron DeSantis. Gillum announced his concession in a video posted on his campaigns Facebook page. Gillum posted the video just before 5 p.m....

With the deadline 24 hours a way, Florida’s hand recount offers little hope for Bill Nelson

by John Lucas | Nov 17, 2018

With a noon Sunday deadline fast approaching in Florida’s hand recount in the U.S. Senate race, time and hope are quickly fading for incumbent Bill Nelson, who has held the seat for nearly the past 18 years. Hand recounts of ballots containing “overvotes” and...

Nelson’s path to overtaking Scott in recount grows narrower and steeper

by John Lucas | Nov 16, 2018

Miami-Dade County wrapped up its hand recount earlier today, just over 12 hours after it started. The numbers from the manual recount in Florida’s largest county and Democratic stronghold weren’t very promising for Sen. Bill Nelson. The Tampa Bay Times reports Nelson...

Local election workers begin the hand recount in the U.S. Senate race

by John Lucas | Nov 16, 2018

After machine recounts that concluded Thursday in the races for U.S. Senate and state agriculture commissioner failed to definitively decide the winners in the two contests, local election workers on Friday began the process of conducting hand recounts. Specifically,...