Well, it’s now official: Bill Sorrell is the Democratic nominee for Attorney General. And Martha Abbott is — barely — the Progessive candidate for Governor.
Last first. Per the Secretary of State’s office, Abbott got 371 votes and Annette Smith got 354 write-ins. (There were a total of 382 write-in votes, but the remainder were for other miscellaneous candidates.)
There has been talk from Smith and her backers possibly seeking a recount, even as Smith herself has waffled on whether she’s actually a candidate. We’ll wait to hear from them, possibly in the Comments below.
Sorrell’s final margin of victory was actually a bit wider than the unofficial count. He took 21,124 votes to TJ Donovan’s 20,410.