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Delaware Lt. Gov. S.B. Woo squeezed out a 71-vote victory Thursday in a recount in Delaware’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary, five days after a clerical error left his opponent claiming to be the winner.
Woo, a physics professor, and his challenger, civil activist Samuel S. Beard, requested the recount after it was discovered Monday that 2,800 more votes than were actually cast in Saturday’s primary had been credited to Beard.
A two-day recount gave Woo 20,225 votes to 20,154 for Beard.
The primary winner will challenge Republican Sen. William V. Roth Jr. in November.
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