Senator Bill Nelson

Senior adviser to Rick Scott: Nelson has a choice to make

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As the Florida machine recount nears its conclusion, Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson has to decide whether he wants to 'end his career with something he's not proud of,' says Brad Todd. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news…

Counting Every Vote

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Welcome to On Politics, your guide to the day in national politics. [Get On Politics delivered to your inbox.] Nearly a week after Election Day, here we are again, still waiting for results in five statewide elections. Three of them are in Florida, of course, the result of a state law mandating the recount of races with tight margins. That’s not exactly how the president and Florida Republicans see it. Here’s a recap of where things stand today: • The first full, statewide vote recount in Florida history started on Saturday for races for governor, Senate and agriculture secretary. But if the machine recount comes back with a margin of .25 percentage points or less, the state will begin a manual recount. Most of the attention is focused on the Senate race, where unofficial election results show Mr. Scott leading Mr. Nelson by just .14 percentage points. A majority of voters in the state cast early ballots and vote by mail, and counting their votes can take time. The tweet also belied the fact that the fires — the Camp Fire in Northern California and the Woolsey Fire in Southern California — did not begin on forested land, but rather on what’s known as the wildland-urban interface, the edges between communities and wildland.