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Posted: 11/18/2012 3:31:04 PM EST
Republican U.S. Rep. Allen West speaks at a campaign stop with guests at SCORE South Palm Beach, a resource partner to the U.S. Small Business Administration, in Boca Raton, Florida October 18, 2012. West faces Democrat Patrick Murphy in a hotly contested election next month. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
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Posted: 11/10/2012 3:48:26 PM EST
A Palm Beach county election worker pauses as she counts ballots from election day in Riviera Beach, Fla., Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. Election Day has come and gone and Republican Rep. Allen West is still fighting for votes. West, the freshman tea party-idol struggling for re-election in South Florida, found himself 2,456 votes behind Democratic rival Patrick Murphy in Tuesday's unofficial tally. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)
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Posted: 11/9/2012 2:53:32 PM EST
Patrick Murphy, the Democratic candidate for Florida's 18th Congressional District, talks to supporters during a "thank you" tour of his district, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012 in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Election Day has come and gone and Republican Rep. Allen West is still fighting for votes — in the courtroom. West, the freshman tea party-idol struggling for re-election in South Florida, found himself 2,456 votes behind Democratic rival Patrick Murphy in Tuesday's unofficial tally. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)
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Posted: 11/9/2012 2:38:20 PM EST
FILE - This Oct. 4, 2011 file photo shows Rep. Allen West, R-Fla. during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. West is still fighting for votes two days after Election Day. But now, he's doing it in the courtroom. West is the tea party idol from South Florida who found himself 2,456 votes behind Democratic rival Patrick Murphy in Tuesday's unofficial tally. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)
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Posted: 11/9/2012 2:18:26 PM EST
Linda McSpadden demands that U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., stop his battle for his congressional seat, Florida's 18th District, outside the Palm Beach Circuit Court House in West Palm Beach, Fla. Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. Election Day has come and gone and West is still fighting for votes — in the courtroom. The freshman tea party-idol struggling for re-election in South Florida, found himself 2,456 votes behind Democratic rival Patrick Murphy in Tuesday's unofficial tally. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)
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Posted: 11/9/2012 2:18:26 PM EST
Cara Jennings, joins the demonstration outside the Palm Beach Circuit Court building where people are demanding U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., stop his battle to keep his congressional seat, in West Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, Nov 8, 2012 Election Day has come and gone and West is still fighting for votes — in the courtroom. West, the freshman tea party-idol struggling for re-election in South Florida, found himself 2,456 votes behind Democratic rival Patrick Murphy in Tuesday's unofficial tally. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)
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Posted: 11/9/2012 2:18:26 PM EST
Patrick Murphy, the Democratic candidate for Florida's 18th Congressional District, talks to supporters during a "thank you" tour of his district, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012 in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Election Day has come and gone and Republican Rep. Allen West is still fighting for votes — in the courtroom. West, the freshman tea party-idol struggling for re-election in South Florida, found himself 2,456 votes behind Democratic rival Patrick Murphy in Tuesday's unofficial tally. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)
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Posted: 11/8/2012 5:18:23 PM EST
FILE - This Sept. 26, 2012 file photo shows Florida Democratic Congressional candidate, Patrick Murphy poses for a photo at his campaign office in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla. is still fighting for votes two days after Election Day. But now, he's doing it in the courtroom. West is the tea party idol from South Florida who found himself 2,456 votes behind Democratic rival Patrick Murphy in Tuesday's unofficial tally. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
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Posted: 11/8/2012 5:18:23 PM EST
FILE - This Oct. 4, 2011 file photo shows Rep. Allen West, R-Fla. during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. West is still fighting for votes two days after Election Day. But now, he's doing it in the courtroom. West is the tea party idol from South Florida who found himself 2,456 votes behind Democratic rival Patrick Murphy in Tuesday's unofficial tally. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)
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Posted: 10/16/2012 8:58:30 AM EST
FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 file photo, specialists Edward Zelles, left, and Patrick Murphy work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. U.S. stock futures rose Tuesday for a second day as the earnings season kicked into high gear, with major players in the health care, banking and consumer industries reporting quarterly results. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
