Two candidates vying to represent on South Florida district in the Florida House are anxiously waiting for the outcome of an automatic recount to determine the winner.
Democrat Robert Asencio – who held a lead in just single digits after the final vote was turned over to the state – is facing off against Republican challenger and former U.S. Rep. David Rivera for the 118th district.
The margin of Asencio’s lead was around one tenth of a percentage point, or 68 votes. State law requires an automatic recount for any election with a margin half of a percentage point or less.
A result could be announced as early as Thursday afternoon.
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"With 70,000 people voting 50 votes is .0008 of the entire count, so you never know what the outcome will be such a close election," said Rivera.
Rivera is looking to make a return to Tallahassee, where he served four terms in the Florida House before running for Congress. Asencio is a former captain with the Miami-Dade Schools Police Department, where he served for 26 years.
