I await for Dave to be consistent and declare that every other sort-of close election also needs a total recount in order to be called "fair". Oh wait. That would require Dave to be consistent. So it's not going to happen. He'll only be cherrypicking this single election as "possibly not a fair win".
Now, a liberal will simply look at the recount law, see if it applies, and if it does, support the recount, no matter who is ahead. It's that consistency thing, the thing which defines liberals. Alas, to those on the kook fringe right, any win by a Democrat is illegitimate by definition, so any tactic is justifiable to overturn the win, such as asking for special exemptions from recount laws that no other candidate gets. And if they can't overturn the election, they'll pout and question legitimacy of it.