November 12, 2010 07:25 PM UTC

Morse seat in jeopardy

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• by: Awen

(It wouldn’t decide control of the Senate like HD-29 could decide the House, but ‘too close to call’ works both ways. Count the votes – promoted by Colorado Pols)

According to the Colorado Springs paper, there are more than 5,000 provisional ballots to be counted in El Paso County, and that could very well change the outcome of the SD11 race.

Senate Majority Leader John Morse leads Republican challenger Owen Hill by just 252 votes.

Morse got 13,451 votes to Hill’s 13,199. The 0.5 percent of the winning margin is 67 votes for a recount, but given the Republican-leaning ways of El Paso County, if I were a betting person I’d put money on a recount or even an outright victory for Owen Hill.

The clerk, Bob Balink, doesn’t give any hint on where those provisional ballots are; the district has two senate seats that were in play this election – the one won by Kent Lambert, and the SD11 race.