josh cole loft to thomas. cole will not contest the election results. instead, cole says he'll continue to support a federal lawsuit seeking an all-new that district received the wrong ballots. >>> today we'll learn who's been named the male athlete of the year at the ap's female athlete of the year. she's one of our favorite swimmers. that's right. bethesda's own katie ledecky received the honor. she finished ahead of serena williams. she took home five golds and a silver medal at this year's world championship. ledecky is the first star from our area ever to earn the women's award. chuck, i feel like the accolades just keep on coming for katie ledecky. she is truly the golden girl. >> absolutely. congratulations to her. love to have that success from a local kid here. if she can do it, so can i. yes, you can. keep on swimming. outside today, it is going to be cold, cold, cold. not very good pool weather. if it's an indoor pool, you there are some snow flurries to be dealt with early on this morning. basically from leesburg to frederick to winchester a

a recount today found republican bob thomas ahead of democrat josh cole by 73 votes. >> the other disputede is in southeastern virginia. newport news republican incumbent david yancy and democrat shelley simons are stuck in a tie. simons saying the race is proof that every vote counts. >> it really is a lesson in democracy. and my kids at school, their teachers, their friends come in and say, yeah, i voted for your mom. and people at the grocery store, i was that one vote, shelley. i'm going to hear that for a long time. >> that race is getting national attention. >> it is, and tom sherwood joins us now. by law they are going to decide that race by pulling a name out of a hat. what kind of a way is that to handle it? >> that fredericksburg case might be a court case and h a but this case, they're going to richmond next wednesday. the election official is going to get a hat, some kind of hat. their names are going to be in cannisters, put them in the hat. i'm not sure who exactly is going to pick the name out of the hat. but whoever wins, wins. if it's the democrat shelley wins, the house w