The Nation - News from Oct. 3, 1985
The House rejected former Rep. George Hansen’s challenge of his election loss last November to Rep. Richard H. Stallings (D-Ida.). Hansen lost to Stallings by 170 votes out of more than 200,000 cast and claimed he was the victim of improper voter registration procedures and improper handling of the election by state officials. Republicans said the House should order a recount such as the one conducted earlier this year in the controversial election in the 8th District of Indiana. House Democrats, over strenuous GOP objections, forced a recount in Indiana that resulted in overturning an apparent Republican victory and the seating of Democratic incumbent Frank McCloskey.
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