[Epoch Times News February 6, 2021](The Epoch Times reporter Wang Xiang reported) One month after joining the 117th Congress, the last oneCongressmanThe list was finally released, and the Republican Party added one more seat.
New York Judge Scott DelConte ruled on Friday (February 5) that Republican candidate Claudia Tenney defeated the Democratic Party seeking re-election by 109 votesCongressmanAnthony Brindisi (Anthony Brindisi), as the representative of the 22nd Congressional District in Central New York.
Turni had previously served as the representative of the House of Representatives in the constituency until he was defeated by Brindisi in 2018.
New York 22 districtsBecome the most competitive region in the 2020 general election. On the election night of November 3, 2020, the Republican candidate Teney led the current Democratic Rep. Brindisi with 28,422 votes. However, after the absentee ballots were drawn one after another, their lead was once reduced to 300 ticket.
On November 30, Japan was the last day for election officials in the 22nd constituency to report the voting results of the district. However, more than 2,000 controversial absentee ballots and sworn votes were still found, waiting for the judge to determine their validity.
De Conte made the ruling after three months of reviewing ballot challenges and fixing numerous problems in the ballot tabulation process. For example, it was discovered that 7 of the 8 election committees in the district had made serious mistakes, failing to observe and perform statutory duties on affidavits, absentee ballots, military ballots, and special ballots.
De Conte said that his role as a judge is to “ensure that everyone abides by the law.”
De Conte also rejected the arguments of Brindisi’s lawyers and demanded that election officials immediately certify the results of the election. This may clear the way for Turney to take the oath of office and avoid urgent intervention by the Court of Appeal.
Regarding De Conte’s latest verdict, Brindisi said he was “shocked and surprised” and hoped to postpone the certification of the election results until the appeal court had a chance to review the case.
The Democratic Party currently controls 221 seats in the 117th House of Representatives and is the majority party; the Republican Party has 211 seats and is the minority party. According to the Congress website, Congress currently has two vacant seats-due to death and resignation.
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