Here's the latest on Maine's legislative race recounts

Eleven races for the Maine Legislature are being recounted, starting Friday and continuing through Nov. 25.

Maine law does not require recounts, but candidates can request one. Candidates do not have to pay a deposit if the races are very close — 1% or less of the apparent margin of victory.

Of the recounts requested, two were for state Senate races — Senate districts 8 and 15 — and nine were for Maine House of Representative races: House districts 96, 98, 81, 58, 75, 52, 44, 142 and 141.

Several of the races are very close and could determine who controls the Maine House of Representatives, or the margin of power held by Democrats in the Senate.

The schedule laid out by the Office of the Secretary of State has the first legislative recount on Friday, between Kerryl Clement and Michel Lajoie in House District 96. They continue throughout next week and conclude on Nov. 25, between Senate District 15 candidates Richard Bradstreet and Raegan LaRochelle.


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