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2022 midterm elections: Here are the states where recounts are likely



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A Gwinnett county worker raises a piece of paper saying that they have a question as they begin their recount of the ballots on November 13, 2020 in Lawrenceville, Georgia.Megan Varner | Getty ImagesFollow CNBC’s live blog covering Tuesday’s midterm elections here.The balance of power in the narrowly controlled Congress may not be known by the time polls close across America late Tuesday. Several states have laws that require automatic recounts in tight races. Several Republican candidates have already said they plan challenge the results — if they lose — setting the U.S. up for another round of contentious and drawn out legal battles and recounts reminiscent of the 2020 race in which former President Donald Trump still falsely claims he won.Recounts in that race were done in Georgia, Arizona and Wisconsin while election officials audited the results in Texas, Pennsylvania and Michigan.Here are the states where recounts or audits that could delay final results …

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