Who Won the Connecticut Governor's Race? Stay Tuned

And the next governor of Connecticut is...

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Connecticut Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz is expected to release the final, official vote Thursday afternoon. Late Wednesday, the Associated Press announced it was recalling its official call in the race. "The wire service said after reviewing its own count it has Republican Tom Foley up 8,424 votes over Democrat [Dan] Malloy, with all but 1.5 percent of the precincts counted," CBS New York.com reported.

But earlier Wednesday Connecticut's top election official said it appeared Malloy had squeezed past Foley to become the state's next governor, but the Republican was far from conceding the race.

Bysiewicz said Malloy, the former mayor of Stamford, led the GOP candidate by 3,100 votes, out of more than 1 million cast, The New York Times reported. That's more than the 2,000 votes that would spur an automatic recount.

"We don't believe that it would change, based on absentee ballots," Av Harris, a spokesman for Bysiewicz, told the newspaper. The results must be certified by Nov. 25.

But because the election has not been officially called, Foley took issue with Bysiewicz's announcement. He told the Times his own internal polling showed that he was the winner, though by a margin smaller than 2,000.

Foley also declined to dismiss claims from Republicans that Bysiewicz, a Democrat, could have jumped the gun out of loyalty to her party.

"It does raise an eyebrow," Foley, a former ambassador to Ireland, told the Times. "I'm a little surprised that the secretary of state would announce an unofficial result when she admits that she doesn't have all the information. I think someone committed to acting impartially would have been more reserved."

The Republican called on the secretary of state to release detailed polling results. He would not say whether he might challenge the results in court.

The winner will succeed Jodi Rell, a Republican who opted against re-election.