<p>A recount in a Massachusetts State House of Representatives race put the Democratic challenger ahead of the Republican incumbent by just one vote.</p>
<p>Lenny Mirra, the GOP state legislator running in a newly redrawn North Shore district, says he will go to court, raising concerns about spoiled ballots and the possibility of signatures on mail-in votes not matching their envelopes.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;ll absolutely be a legal challenge,&#8221; Mirra said, <a href="https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2022/12/08/state-race-recount-flips-house-election-to-democrat-by-one-vote" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to State House News Service</a>.</p>
<p>Democratic rival Kristin Kassner <a href="https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/11/23/massachusetts-house-race-recounts-north-shore-nashoba-valley-10-votes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">submitted a petition</a> asking for a recount after she trailed Mirra by 10 votes out of more than 23,000 cast in the original certified results.</p>
<p>Data from Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin&#8217;s office, as reported by the news service, reported that Kassner picked up an additional 19 votes in the recount, while Mirra added nine across multiple towns and lost one in Rowley.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are not suspicious of anything that ever happened. [The recount] was just really just to ensure that, between humans and machines, we really caught every vote that was counted,&#8221; Kassner said, per the report.</p>
<p>The tallies from the recount, which were completed Thursday and have not yet been certified by the Governor&#8217;s Council, show Kassner with 11,763 votes and Mirra with 11,762.</p>
<p>Mirra, a five-term legislator, says he got &#8220;totally screwed&#8221; with the redistricting process. &#8220;I lost five of my seven towns. Usually, a rep district changes by maybe five percent or 10 percent,&#8221; Mirra added. &#8220;It&#8217;s an unheard-of amount of change for my district. It was devastating because it&#8217;s like starting all over. There was no benefit to being the incumbent because we were a complete unknown in these new towns.&#8221;</p>
<p>Another recount in the state&#8217;s First Middlesex District could also lead to a court battle, <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/massachusetts-playbook/2022/12/09/every-vote-counts-00073212" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Politico</a>. In that race, Republican Andrew Shepherd petitioned for a recount after the initial count put Democrat Margaret Scarsdale ahead by 17 votes. The <a href="https://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/2022/11/29/andrew-shepherd-petitions-for-recount-in-1st-middlesex-district-representative-race/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deadline for communities</a> in that district to finish counting is Saturday.</p>
<p>Regardless of the outcome in either race, Democrats will maintain majorities in the state House and Senate regardless, and they <a href="https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2022/11/08/maura-healey-makes-history-as-massachusetts-gets-even-bluer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">won control of the governorship</a> this cycle.</p>
<p>These are not the only close state House races that have come out of the November midterm elections.</p>
<p>In Iowa, a state legislative race flipped in favor of Republican candidate Luana Stoltenberg by a thin margin following multiple recounts. Her Democratic rival, Craig Cooper, conceded defeat after a three-member board determined Stoltenberg <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-wins-iowa-state-house-race-by-11-votes-after-multiple-recounts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">won by a mere 11 votes</a>.</p>

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