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  Coin Toss Decides Florida Race
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Last EditedChase McFadden  Nov 13, 2004 10:32pm
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News DateSaturday, November 13, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionGROVELAND, Fla. (AP) -- The state that is the king of bizarre election finishes added another page to its quirky electoral history Friday: a city council race decided by a coin toss.

G.P. Sloan, 77, and Richard Flynn, 75, each received 689 votes in the Nov. 2 election. No one emerged a winner after two recounts, so the candidates and three dozen supporters gathered for a coin flip Friday in the community center of this town of 4,400 residents located 25 miles west of Orlando.
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