i ve got a great group of advisors who are helping me step up right now. watlsh has a scant 347-vote lead over melissa bean. since election night, three-term congresswoman in her words considers this race too close to call. and these votes might decide the contest. in republican leaning lake, mchenry county, absentee and provisional ballots are being checked and held for november 15, the deadline for all ballots to arrive by mail. they will be opened and counted on that day. based on the accounted absentees in suburban cook county, bean team likes its chances of erasing the gap. the spokesperson noted 70% of the absentee ballots were cast in support of congresswoman bean. how many absentees are left to count? 182 ballots received with a