Democratic Rep. Dan Maffei, who is now trailing his Republican opponent, Ann Marie Buerkle, by 659 votes in NY-25, sent a fundraising appeal to supporters, saying he want to raise $25,000 by Monday to assembly the “strongest team possible” to run his recount operation.

It’s been a long few days, but I wanted to give you an update on my race,” Maffei wrote.

“While it still has not been called, we are neck and neck, with thousands of absentee ballots to be counted. National Republicans are already starting to send folks up to my district – and as Florida in 2000 showed us, they will do anything to win.”

“We need to make sure that every vote is counted. Can you contribute today?”

“We need your help right now. We are in the process of assembling our team to help ensure that every vote is counted, but this is a costly process. We need to raise $25,000 by Monday to make sure that we have the strongest team possible.”

“Your generous support has gotten us to this point – but we need your help to ensure Republicans can’t steal this election…This process could take days, possibly weeks, but I have every confidence that we will come out victorious.”

It doesn’t sound like Maffei has any intention of conceding any time soon. If he loses, the GOP will have won six seats in Democrat-dominated NY. The Tuesday GOP victories occurred in the following congressional districts: 13th, the 19th, the 20th, the 24th, and the 29th.

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