Elections Board Certifies Official Returns

Doyle's official margin of victory over Republican Mark Green was 159,688 votes, according to certified returns posted by the state Elections Board today.

Of the 2,161,700 votes cast in the guv's race, 1,139,115 were cast for Doyle, 979,427 went to Green and 40,709 went for Green Party candidate Nelson Eisman. Another 2,449 voters wrote in a candidate.

Initial returns had the race at 1,136,726 for Doyle and 976,275 for Green, a difference of 160,451.

In a much closer race, Republican J.B. Van Hollen officially topped Dem Kathleen Falk by 8,859 votes. Fewer voters participated in the attorney general's race, with 2,124,467 citizens casting votes.

Van Hollen's official vote total was 1,065,453, while Falk's was 1,056,594.

The initial count gave Van Hollen an edge of 9,071 votes with Van Hollen at 1,062,657 and Falk at 1,053,586.

View the SEB's county by county returns for statewide and legislative races:
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