A Republican candidate in Iowa is set to win her congressional race by just 6 votes, the smallest margin in the whole US

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* A Republican congressional candidate in Iowa is set to win her race by just six votes after a recount.

* According to local outlet the Quad Cities Times, GOP candidate Mariannette Miller-Meeks is set to win Iowa's second Congressional District over Democratic nominee Rita Hart by just 0.001% of the vote.

* Miller-Meeks was initially named as the winner of the race, flipping Iowa's second congressional district from blue to red after 13 years of Democratic control.

* However, her opponent asked for a recount due to the narrow nature of Miller-Meeks' win.

A Republican candidate running for Congress in Iowa looks likely to win her race by just six votes after a recount in the tightest race in the entire country.

According to local outlet the Quad Cities Times, GOP candidate Mariannette Miller-Meeks is set to win Iowa's second Congressional District over Democratic nominee Rita Hart by half a dozen votes, marking the narrowest margin of victory in the entire US during the November 2020 election season.

The two women, both of whom are currently state senators, were previously separated by eight votes. After completing a recount of around 6,000 votes in Clinton County, that margin narrowed to just six, the QC Times reported.

Around 395,000 votes were cast in the race for the congression... (Read more)

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