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Sep 22, 2006 9:52 pm US/Eastern

Wilkerson's Challenger Calls For Vote Recount

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Sonia Chang-Diaz, the women who finished second to Dianne Wilkerson in the state Senate race is calling for a recount of the votes.

Wilkerson won the unusual election by about 700 votes after ballots that weren't counted on Primary Night were recorded on Thursday.

Chang-Diaz will have to collect at least 500 signatures - 50 from each of the 10 wards in the district - to get the recount.

Wilkerson was the incumbent in the race but was forced to mount a sticker campaign after failing to obtain the 300 signatures needed to get her name on the primary ballot.

She faced three challengers in the Second Suffolk district, including Chang-Diaz, John Kelleher and Samiyah Diaz, who is also running as a Republican.