Welch drops recount after coming up short on $115K

BILLINGS — Republican Sandy Welch dropped her request for a recount in the state schools superintendent race on Tuesday after failing to come up with $115,000 to cover the costs of the effort.

Welch had pledged since the days following the Nov. 6 election to challenge her 2,231-vote defeat to incumbent Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau.

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Welch exits the courtroom Friday afternoon, in Flathead County District Court in Kalispell, Mont. A Flathead County judge has given the go-ahead for a statewide recount in the Supe...