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→2020 U.S. House election in Iowa's 2nd district: added a detail
As votes were being counted on Election Night and for many days since, the election proved to be a very close one, with Miller-Meeks leading Hart by merely forty-eight votes at one point.<ref name="Iowa House candidate to file for recount"/> A recount supported by Hart that showed Miller-Meeks leading by only six votes<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/11/28/iowa-recount-republican-leads-congressional-race-6-votes/6453804002/ Republican candidate leads congressional race in Iowa by 6 votes, recount finds]</ref> was soon followed by the results being certified,<ref>[https://thehill.com/homenews/house/523573-republican-miller-meeks-wins-race-for-open-iowa-house-race Iowa officials certify Republican Miller-Meeks's 6-vote victory]</ref> and Miller-Meeks was declared the winner.
As votes were being counted on Election Night and for many days since, the election proved to be a very close one, with Miller-Meeks leading Hart by merely forty-eight votes at one point.<ref name="Iowa House candidate to file for recount"/> A recount supported by Hart that showed Miller-Meeks leading by only six votes<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/11/28/iowa-recount-republican-leads-congressional-race-6-votes/6453804002/ Republican candidate leads congressional race in Iowa by 6 votes, recount finds]</ref> was soon followed by the results being certified,<ref>[https://thehill.com/homenews/house/523573-republican-miller-meeks-wins-race-for-open-iowa-house-race Iowa officials certify Republican Miller-Meeks's 6-vote victory]</ref> and Miller-Meeks was declared the winner.
Hart, despite losing, showed herself as a sore loser in announcing that she would appeal to the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] for the race to be "reviewed",<ref>[https://thehill.com/homenews/1230-report/528426-iowa-democrat-who-lost-by-6-votes-will-appeal-to-house Iowa Democrat who lost by six votes will appeal to House]</ref> which she did three weeks later.<ref>[https://thehill.com/homenews/house/531293-iowa-democrat-asks-house-to-review-race-she-lost-by-6-votes Iowa Democrat asks House to review race she lost by 6 votes]</ref>
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