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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Allen West "The tea bagger" surrenders to 29 year old Patrick Murphy in Florida congressional election


Allen West concedes to Patrick Murphy

Rep. Allen West (left) and Patrick Murphy are pictured. | AP Photos
West acknowledged that he couldn’t surmount his 1,904-vote deficit against Murphy. | AP Photos
Florida Rep. Allen West — the tea party pugilist and face of the class of House Republicans that stormed to power two years ago — conceded Tuesday to 29-year-old construction executive Patrick Murphy in one of the nation’s highest-profile congressional races.
After two weeks of battle with St. Lucie County elections officials — and a recount of early votes that wound up extending Murphy’s lead — West acknowledged that he couldn’t surmount his 1,904-vote, or 0.58 percent, deficit. That difference was just outside the 0.5 percent threshold to automatically trigger a recount of all votes.

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