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Winner Named in Disputed Pennsylvania Court Race

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From Associated Press

The state Friday declared a Republican the winner of a disputed seat on a Pennsylvania appeals court, deciding a contest in which only 28 votes separated the top two candidates.

Susan P. Gantman was declared the winner in the Superior Court race just hours after a federal judge in Philadelphia refused to block the certification process.

Waiting for the results of the Nov. 4 election to be completed has been “harder than the election,” Gantman said.

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The official count showed Gantman, a family lawyer, beating Democrat John J. Driscoll, a county judge, by 28 votes out of 2.3 million cast.

Driscoll argued that county election officials failed to count ballots from disabled and elderly voters that were improperly disqualified for being delivered too late. Democrats are seeking to have the result overturned in a federal lawsuit.

“If we prevail and the [200 to 300 disputed] ballots are counted

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