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It did give Rep. Allen West a slight bump though in the vote total. From the Tampa Bay Times, about the conservative Republican: "St. Lucie County's limited recount revised downward the totals for West
and the unofficial winner in the race, Democrat Patrick Murphy. Because
Murphy lost more votes in the recount than West, it was a net gain for
the Republican incumbent, though his margin of loss remained just above
the threshold to order a full recount."
More about the very tight Congressional race: "St. Lucie's revised numbers, combined with previously reported numbers
for the district's two other counties, had Murphy with a 50.3 percent
share of the ballots, an overall lead of 1,907 votes. That margin of
six-tenths of a percentage point is just above the half-percentage point
threshold to order a full recount."
