TheTechnician27@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoMississippi Senate stunner: Cindy Hyde-Smith concedes to Democrat Scott Colomthehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square40linkfedilinkarrow-up1319arrow-down12
arrow-up1317arrow-down1external-linkMississippi Senate stunner: Cindy Hyde-Smith concedes to Democrat Scott Colomthehill.comTheTechnician27@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square40linkfedilink
minus-square2ndDegreeOWO@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·4 days agoAlso, keeping the campaign staff in the office, paying lawyers to prepare legal challenges … that all costs money, pretty significant money. If you can see the writing on the wall, it may be better to cut your losses and focus on the next campaign instead.
minus-squareprotist@retrofed.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoAlso unless a state outlines a mechanism for the government to pay for a recount, recounts are typically paid for by the challenger’s campaign. That would have cost her millions
Also, keeping the campaign staff in the office, paying lawyers to prepare legal challenges … that all costs money, pretty significant money.
If you can see the writing on the wall, it may be better to cut your losses and focus on the next campaign instead.
Also unless a state outlines a mechanism for the government to pay for a recount, recounts are typically paid for by the challenger’s campaign. That would have cost her millions