Florida on Saturday began a statewide recount for its gubernatorial and Senate races, as well as contests for agriculture commissioner and three state legislature seats.
In the gubernatorial race, Ron DeSantis (R) presently leads Andrew Gillum (D) by about 34,000 votes, a gap of just 0.41 percent. The Senate race margin is smaller still, with Rick Scott (R) leading incumbent Bill Nelson (D) by a mere 0.15 percent, about 12,500 votes. The races will be subject to a mechanical recount to be completed by Thursday, and the Senate contest will receive additional scrutiny by hand because its margin is below 0.25 percent.
President Trump's response to the recount news was to again tweet his unfounded claim that this is evidence of elections being stolen:
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Georgia's gubernatorial race also remains contested, as candidate Stacey Abrams (D) refuses to concede her race to opponent Brian Kemp (R), though he continues to claim victory. The race has not been officially called.
Abrams' campaign on Saturday accused Kemp's former office of secretary of state, from which he resigned Thursday and which administers the election, of undercounting the number of provisional ballots which remain to be counted. If the provisional ballots favor Abrams, they could shift vote totals enough to trigger a recount or even a runoff election in early December.
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