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Recount on the way for Virginia attorney general race

By Steve Doty
Published November 27, 2013 5:00am ET
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Recount on the way for Virginia attorney general race
A recount in the race for Virginia attorney general will take place within the next three weeks, attorneys for state Sen. Mark Obenshain said Wednesday. Democratic state Sen. Mark Herring won the Nov. 5 election by 165 votes out of 2.2 million cast, making the race for attorney general the closest statewide race in the Commonwealth in modern history. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) | Win McNamee

A recount in the race for Virginia attorney general will take place within the next three weeks, attorneys for state Sen. Mark Obenshain said Wednesday.

On a conference call with reporters, Obenshain’s legal team of Ashley L. Taylor Jr. and Stephen C. Piepgrass said the recount is expected to happen around the middle of December and will only take a few days to produce a final winner.

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