Rival House Candidates Who Both Attended Orientation Now Separated By Just Six Votes After Recount. Republican Ahead.

Republican House candidate Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Iowa’s second congressional district now leads her Democratic opponent by only six votes — out of nearly 400,000 ballots cast for the race — after a recount in the district diminished her razor-thin margin over Democrat Rita Hart.

Although the recounts narrowly nudged the tallies, it doesn’t appear to have been enough to completely whittle away the double-digit lead Miller-Meeks held over Hart as of two weeks ago, reports the Iowa City Press-Citizen.