Huckabee challenges Washinton’s results
Just by looking at the results for Washington, one should become suspicious. With only 87% of the votes counted and Huckabee down by roughly 240 votes, the win has been called for McCain.
Washington State Republican Party Chairman Luke Esser announced late Saturday that McCain had won the 2008 Republican caucuses in the state with 87.2 percent of precincts reporting. McCain had 25.5 percent over Huckabee’s 23.7 percent in that race.
Esser issued a statement congratulating McCain on a “hard-fought win,” and Huckabee on a “strong second-place finish.”
Ed Rollins, Huckabee campaign chairman, directly challenged Esser’s move, saying the count was incomplete because the other 12.8 percent of precincts could tip the scales since McCain was beating Huckabee by only a couple hundred votes.
“The chairman showed very bad judgment in stopping the voting last night when announcing John McCain had won, when there was less than a 200-vote margin between the two candidates,” Rollins told FOX News in an exclusive interview. “You never announce a vote, in my 40 years of politics, I have never know anybody to announce a vote count before the vote is counted.”
Now, Washington also has a primary coming up on the 19th of this month. Wouldn’t it be embarrassing if it is another close race but Huckabee comes out on top? If they don’t settle this caucus business before then, it could be a very sticky situation. Here is CNN’s political ticker for Washington that has the current vote count.
(h/t Hot Air)
