{"id":853,"date":"2006-11-08T18:08:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-09T00:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2006\/11\/with-provisional-ballots-yet-to-be-counted-democrats-say-theyve-won-three-closest-races\/"},"modified":"2006-11-08T18:08:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-09T00:08:00","slug":"with-provisional-ballots-yet-to-be-counted-democrats-say-theyve-won-three-closest-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2006\/11\/with-provisional-ballots-yet-to-be-counted-democrats-say-theyve-won-three-closest-races\/","title":{"rendered":"With provisional ballots yet to be counted, Democrats say they’ve won three closest races"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>With hundreds of provisional ballots left to be counted, the three Democrats leading close races in Do\u00f1a<\/st1:placename> Ana<\/st1:placename> County<\/st1:placename><\/st1:place> believe they have won. <\/p>\n

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There are 714 provisional ballots yet to be counted in Do\u00f1a<\/st1:placename> Ana<\/st1:placename> County<\/st1:placename>, and about 100 in Otero<\/st1:placename> County<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place>. The election will be certified in Otero<\/st1:placename> County<\/st1:placetype> on Thursday, but a final tally in Do\u00f1a<\/st1:placename> Ana<\/st1:placename> County<\/st1:placename><\/st1:place> may wait until next week.<\/p>\n

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Those in Otero<\/st1:placename> County<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place> are relevant to the House District 53 race between Republican incumbent Terry Marquardt and Democratic challenger Nate Cote because 2 of 10 precincts are in that county. In that race, Cote<\/st1:place> is beating Marquardt by 180 votes.<\/p>\n

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Cote<\/st1:place> has 2,631 votes, or 51.8 percent. Marquardt has 2,451 votes, or 48.2 percent.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYes, I believe I\u2019ve won this race,\u201d Cote<\/st1:place> said. \u201cI\u2019m confident that whatever provisional ballots are out there will just give me a larger lead.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Marquardt is out of town, his secretary said, and could not be reached for comment.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>In the House District 37 race, Democrat Jeff Steinborn also believes he has won. Steinborn has 4,798 votes, or 51.55 percent. Republican Scott Witt has 4,501 votes, or 48.55 percent.<\/p>\n

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That gives Steinborn a 289-vote lead.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI do believe we\u2019ve won this race, and we\u2019re very excited and ready to go,\u201d Steinborn said. \u201cI really do look forward to serving all the constituents, not just those who voted for me \u2026 and doing the right thing and putting partisanship behind us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think that\u2019s the biggest message from this election,\u201d Steinborn said.<\/p>\n

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Witt said he\u2019s not conceding the race.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re going to wait and see what happens and let the process work its way through,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ll let it take its course, and we\u2019ll live with whatever the outcome is.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>In the county commission District 1 race, Democrat Oscar Vasquez Butler was declaring victory in his re-election bid. Butler<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> has 4,043 votes, or 52.9 percent. Republican John Zimmerman has 3,600 votes, or 47.1 percent.<\/p>\n

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Butler<\/st1:city><\/st1:place> has a 443-vote lead.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was a tough battle. There was a lot of money that was put into my opponent\u2019s race,\u201d he said. \u201cHe really ran a dirty race. It was typical Republican smear.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With hundreds of provisional ballots left to be counted, the three Democrats leading close races in Do\u00f1a Ana County believe they have won. There are 714 provisional ballots yet to be counted in Do\u00f1a Ana County, and about 100 in Otero County. The election will be certified in Otero County on Thursday, but a final […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}