A partial recount has given Rep. Allen West a slight lift, though Patrick Murphy remains the unofficial winner.
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St. Lucie County recounted three days of early-voting ballots Sunday. Both candidates' vote totals were revised downward as a result of the count, but because West lost fewer votes, it narrowed his margin of loss.
Murphy held a 50.3 percent share of the ballots, an overall lead of 1,907 votes. That margin of six-tenths of a percentage point is just above the half-percentage point threshold to order a full recount across all three counties in the 18th congressional district.
West's campaign called the recount ``a sham'' and said all early votes should have been included. They're vowing further legal action.
