Canvass Confirms Fischmann Has Unseated Rawson

November 9, 2008

By Heath Haussamen.

Barring some sort of legal challenge, Democrat Steve Fischmann has unseated Senate Minority Whip Leonard Lee Rawson, R-Las Cruces.

With only eight provisional ballots from Sierra County left to be considered, Fischmann leads Rawson by 544 votes. Fischmann has 13,131 votes, or 51.1 percent of the vote, to Rawson’s 12,587 votes, or 48.9 percent. The new tally, which includes Doña Ana County’s provisional ballots, was first reported by the Las Cruces Sun-News.

The Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners is set to meet Wednesday to certify the county’s election results. The outcomes of no races changed as a result of the provisional ballots that were considered over the weekend. Before the provisionals were counted, Fischmann led Rawson by 505 votes.

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