Just One Vote

Johnson over ex-Governor Coke Steven in a contested Senatorial election. In — Vermont State representative Sydney Nixon was seated as an apparent one vote winner, to Nixon resigned when the State House determined, after a recount, that he had actually lost to his opponent Robert Emond to In — A Lansing, Michigan School District millage proposition failed when the final recount produced a tie vote 5, for, and 5, against.

On the original vote count, votes against the proposition were ten more than those in favor. In — 1. A recount produced the same result.

Luthi was finally declared the winner when, in a drawing before the State Canvassing Board, a ping pong ball bearing his name was pulled from the cowboy hat of Democratic Governor Mike Sullivan. A subsequent recount showed Wick the winner at 4, to 4, The State Supreme Court however, ruled that one ballot counted for Wick was invalid due to an over-vote. This left the race a tie.

After hearing arguments from both sides, the State Legislature voted to seat Wick 46 to In — The Presidential election was decided by an extremely narrow margin. The result was heightened by the fact that the win gave Republicans control of the state House by a single seat.

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A Vermont state Senate Democratic primary was determined by a single vote out of more than 7, cast. A Vermont state House seat was determined by one vote out of 2, Here's what's really crazy: This was a rematch, and when they first faced each other in , the race was also decided by one vote — in the other direction. A New Mexico state House seat was decided by two votes out of almost 14, House for the 5th Congressional seat from Arizona was just 16 votes, but it widened to 27 after a recount.

A state House race in Massachusetts ended in a tie, and the courts ordered a do-over.

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In the rerun, Republican Peter Durant wound up winning by just 56 votes out of about 8, cast. A state House race in Vermont was determined by one vote; another had a one-difference vote on Election Day, but was later widened to two. Franken's win gave Democrats a vote supermajority in the Senate.

Residents in the traditional Republican stronghold of Orange County, Calif. An Alaska state House race was won by four votes out of 10, A Democratic primary for an Alaska state House seat was decided by a coin toss to break a tie. The winner, Bryce Edgmon, is currently speaker of the Alaska House.

A special election in Radford, Va. A tie for a county commissioner seat in Nevada was determined by drawing the highest card. Amazingly, both candidates drew a jack, but the Democrat drew a jack of spades, which beat out the Republican's jack of diamonds. A GOP state House primary in Washington state was determined by one vote out of more than 11, cast. The person who lost had to wonder what might have been when one of his fellow police officers confided that he forgot to mail in his ballot. A Connecticut state House seat was determined by one vote out of more than 6, cast.

The winner was determined by a judge. A subsequent recount showed Wick the winner — by just one vote, 4, to 4, But the state Supreme Court ruled that one ballot for Wick was invalid because of an overvote, resulting in a tie. Wick eventually won, because the tie was broken by the state legislature, which went for Wick, A Wyoming state House seat ended in a 1,to-1, tie on Election Day.

The tie was broken, live on NBC's Today show , with the secretary of state pulling a pingpong ball with the winning candidate's name on it out of the governor's hat. The winner went on to become speaker of the state House. A Virginia state House seat was determined by one vote out of almost 13, cast. Bus Tour" in Miami on Thursday. In the 19th century, there were even a few U.

House races that were determined by a single vote: