Virgil Goode concedes
As ElectoralVote.com points out, Congress is now close to the levels of 1994, before Republican wave and Newt Gingrich and the Contract on America...
TPM Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Muslim-Baiting Rep. Virgil Goode Concedes Defeat: "It's official: Rep. Virgil Goode, the Virginia Republican best known for denouncing the election of Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) as the first Muslim member of Congress, has conceded defeat against Democratic Rep.-Elect Tom Perriello.
Goode asked for a recount after the certified total gave Perriello a 745-vote lead out of over 300,000 votes cast. The chance of turning around that kind of deficit was nearly non-existent, and now that the recount has finished Goode has conceded via press release."
TPM Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Muslim-Baiting Rep. Virgil Goode Concedes Defeat: "It's official: Rep. Virgil Goode, the Virginia Republican best known for denouncing the election of Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) as the first Muslim member of Congress, has conceded defeat against Democratic Rep.-Elect Tom Perriello.
Goode asked for a recount after the certified total gave Perriello a 745-vote lead out of over 300,000 votes cast. The chance of turning around that kind of deficit was nearly non-existent, and now that the recount has finished Goode has conceded via press release."
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