By Angela Hatton
Louisville, KY – Hilda Legg says she will seek a recanvass Friday when the votes from Tuesday's primary election are certified. Legg lost the GOP Secretary of State nomination to Bill Johnson by fewer than 1,100 votes. Johnson's political director James Young says they support the recanvass.
"Because we will need her supporters in the fall. We will need Hilda Legg's support going into November to face Alison Grimes, a very formidable, a very she will be very well funded and we cannot go in as a divided Republican Party."
A recanvass checks for mathematical, machine, and human error in vote counting. Both sides say it's unlikely a recanvass will lead to major changes in the tallies. Legg and Johnson plan to attend a Republican Unity Rally in Frankfort this weekend.