Eric Kleefeld November 8, 2010, 10:05 AM

The Connecticut gubernatorial race isn’t done yet. Though Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz (D) announced official results on Friday, which put Dem nominee Dan Malloy ahead of Republican Tom Foley by 566,498 to 560,861, Foley has said that he’s “not going to take her word for it,” and has an announcement set for 1 p.m. ET today on whether he will challenge the results.

The Associated Press had in initially called the race last week, only to take back its call soon after — and then reinstated its call for Malloy on Friday night.

The Hartford Courant reported Sunday:

Foley said in a telephone interview that he doesn’t know yet what decision he’ll be announcing at a press conference in the lobby of Goodwin Square, 225 Asylum St. But he said that lawyers have been examining statewide election results from Tuesday’s balloting, and that “our analysis” should be completed Monday.

There are a few issues here, mainly relating to the vote totals from heavily Democratic Bridgeport. A judge ordered polls to remain open past the statewide closing of 8 p.m. ET, due to an early ballot shortage from under-printing. In addition, the city’s lengthy vote count was characterized by the discovery of a bag of previously uncounted votes.

Although Connecticut is usually a Democratic state in most races, they in fact have not elected a Democratic governor since 1986. In 1990, former liberal Republican Sen. Lowell Weicker came back to win the governorship with his centrist “A Connecticut Party,” and was then succeeded in 1994 by Republican John Rowland. Rowland won three terms, then resigned as a result of a corruption scandal in 2004. His successor, GOPer Jodi Rell, easily won the gubernatorial race even in the Democratic year of 2006, and she did not run for another term this year.

2010 elections, CT-Gov, Dan Malloy, Tom Foley