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By MARY K. BLEWITT
Arundel Newspapers State Writer
After the state-paid election recount affirmed his victory, Governor-elect L. Douglas Wilder set the stage for his administration Friday, announcing key cabinet appointments.
A three-judge recount panel declared Wilder the 66th governor of the Commonwealth last Thursday evening, confirming his narrow defeat of Republican candidate J. Marshall Coleman. The recount, which could cost Virginia taxpayers more than $500,000, yielded only 113 additional votes to Coleman.
Wilder’s margin of victory remained 0.38 percent of the more than 1.78 million votes after a 12hour retabulation process involving more than 700 officials and 1,000 volunteers from around the state. The final results revealed that Wilder hamassed 896,936 votes, with Coleman trailing by a mere 6,741 votes.
“I have never had any doubt about the outcome,” said Wilder in a statement following the recount announcement.
Coleman has acknowledged Wilder as the next governor and said he will not seek to overturn the Nov. 7 election. The GOP candidate was entitled to a recount paid for by the state because election results showed a margin of difference less than one half of a percent.
The legislation permitting a state-paid recount was enacted after former Attorney General Andrew P. Miller was narrowly defeated for the U.S. Senate seat by current U.S. Sen. John W. Warner. The Dec. 20 recount was the first statewide recount in Virginia.
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