Faced with news that an all-night vote count in Bridgeport has apparently swung the disputed gubernatorial election to Democrat Dannel Malloy, Republican candidate Tom Foley said Friday he's lost some confidence in his prospects but won't concede defeat until he's certain that the results are accurate.
And he said he'd consider a lawsuit to force a recount if he be believes it's warranted.
An all-night vote count in Bridgeport went for Malloy, with 17,973 votes to Republican Tom Foley's 4,099, Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch's office said Friday morning after local election officials concluded their work. The numbers appear to bring Malloy's total statewide to 566,351, to Foley's 560,886, with a difference of 5,465.
The margin appears to be enough to overcome the 8,409-vote lead that Foley held before the Bridgeport votes were counted.
Apparently, a final result will "hopefully" be released later today. I'll add only this: I certainly hope that the incoming Secretary of State, Denise Merrill, will take a more proactive approach to Bridgeport's recurring shortage of ballots than Susan Bysiewicz has over the past two cycles.
