Friday, November 12, 2010

Two Delayed Coastal Election Results are in: Foley Concedes Connecticut Gubernatorai Race and Kwan Defeats Perata in Oakland

Six days after election day on Tuesday, November 2nd, Connecticut Republican governor hopeful Tom Foley conceded the top state spot to Dan Malloy of Stamford. After a weekend of investigation and review, Foley admitted that Malloy bested him by 5,637 votes.

Besides Bridgeport, six other municipalities ran out of ballots, which had to be photocopied and then hand counted.

Now, to the mayoral race in Oakland, California, the position once held by governor-elect Jerry Brown.

On Thursday, November 11th, Mayoral hopeful and former state Senator Dan Perata conceded the election to councilwoman Jean Quan who will become Oakland's first female and Asian American mayor.

Kwan won by 51-49% by a complicated ranked-choice voting: voters are allowed to pick first, second and third choices. Should a candidate not receive a majority (it was Perata 35-24 over Kwan after first place ballots were initially counted), the last place candidates are eliminated and then their votes are redistributed until one a candidate exceeds the majority bar.

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