FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014
Contact: Kristen Schulze Muszynski
207-626-8404


Senate District 25 recount will go to the Senate


AUGUSTA –  Secretary of State Matt Dunlap announces that a  recount of results from the general election in Senate District 25 has not been accepted by both candidates and will therefore be sent on to the Senate for a final decision.

Catherine Breen (D) and Cathleen Manchester (R) had both sought the District 25 seat, which covers part of Cumberland County. Manchester requested the recount after unofficial results from Election Day indicated that she had lost the election, 10,898 to 10,930.

At the conclusion of the recount, which was conducted today under the supervision of the Secretary of State's Office, the count showed that the election results were reversed: Breen received 10,916 votes, while Manchester received 10,927.

Nine ballots are in dispute and Breen has not agreed to the results of the recount, which now sends the matter to the Senate. The Senate president will appoint an elections committee, which will make a recommendation to the full body. In the meantime, said Dunlap, the apparent winner on election night, Breen, will be provisionally seated until the Senate makes a final decision.

This is the third and final State Senate recount this fall, listed below. Two additional recounts, in Senate District 2 and Senate District 13, had been requested, but those requests were withdrawn. All of the recounts took place in the Florian Room of the Department of Public Safety Building, 45 Commerce Drive in Augusta.

Recount scheduling and results are shown below:

Office

District

Candidate (Party)

Unofficial Results

Official Results

Recount Date/Time

Senate

11

Jonathan Fulford (D)

Michael Thibodeau (R)

8,961

9,066

8,974

9,109

Completed Friday, Nov. 14

Senate

21

Nathan Libby (D)

Patricia Gagne (R)

6,647

6,576

6,646

6,563


Completed Monday, Nov. 17

Senate

25

Catherine Breen (D)

Cathleen Manchester (R)

10,930

10,898
10,916

10,927

CompletedTuesday, Nov. 18,

Will go to Senate