The Florida Senate race is likely headed for a recount
Prepare yourself for yet another contentious Florida recount.
On Wednesday, Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) called for a recount in his Senate race against Gov. Rick Scott (R), CNN reports. Scott declared victory Tuesday night, but prognosticators have not actually forecast his win, and he was leading by less than .5 percent on Wednesday, Politico reports. In Florida, if a race comes down to a margin of less than half a percentage point, it automatically heads to a recount.
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Scott, meanwhile, is calling on Nelson to concede, with a spokesperson for the governor saying that "this race is over."
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