In contested House election results in Iowa, Pelosi plans to seat Republican candidate

With the Iowa Democratic House candidate Rita Hart attempting to bypass the courts and use a 1969 federal statute to get the lower chamber to declare her the winner instead of her Republican opponent who won by six votes, Nancy Pelosi says she will vote to seat the Republican candidate Mariannette Miller-Meek.

Hart originally lost by 47 votes, and after a recount the margin shrunk to only six votes. In an attempt to still win the House seat, Hart has brought the case to the House Committee on Administration to nullify the results. This would also mean a hand recount of the ballots, including 22 ballots that have been found and were not originally counted. 

Pelosi said in a press conference on Wednesday that she plans to seat the Republican candidate even with the contested results from a member of her own party. 

"Every vote counts and that’s why the Committee on House Administration is conducting a thorough and fair review of this election to make sure every vote was counted and counted as cast. Pending the outcome of the Committee’s review and consistent with House practice, we intend to provisionally seat the Republican candidate,"  Pelosi's spokesman Drew Hammill said

The panel will recommend who should fill the seat in a report it will need to file.