Schumer tells Florida to take its time: 'The more time that passes ... the better things look for Democrats'
by Susan Ferrechio
| November 13, 2018 03:18 PM
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday called on Florida to keep counting ballots beyond a Sunday deadline and said Democrat Bill Nelson still has a shot at keeping his Senate seat if all the votes are counted, just as Democrat Kyrsten Sinema came from behind in the Arizona Senate race.
“The more time that passes since election day, the better things keep looking for Democrats,†Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a joint press conference with Nelson near his Capitol office Tuesday.
Schumer said Nelson has “a much greater than half chance,†of being re-elected to the seat, which he has held since 2000.
Nelson trails Republican Gov. Rick Scott by 12,562 votes, a margin that Nelson lawyers note has shrunk by more than 70 percent since the Nov. 6 election ended and more ballots have been counted in South Florida.
Sinema beat Republican Martha McSally after uncounted ballots were tallied beyond the Nov. 6 deadline. McSally had a hefty lead on election night, but it faded away in the days following as more ballots were counted.
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