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State: Vote recount in [MO State] Senate race must be by hand
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| Contributor | Ben |
| Last Edited | Ben Apr 25, 2005 02:13pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - St. Louis Post Dispatch |
| News Date | Monday, April 25, 2005 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | State officials have ordered that ballots cast in this month's close state Senate election be recounted by hand next week.
Former legislator Bill Alter won the April 5 election and was sworn in last week as the first Republican in nearly half a century to represent northern Jefferson County in the state Senate. Alter narrowly defeated Rep. Rick Johnson, D-High Ridge, in the four-way race to succeed Steve Stoll, who left the Senate this year to become city administrator of Festus.
According to a ballot count certified by state officials, Alter edged out Johnson, the Democratic nominee, by just 68 votes - less than one-third of one percent of ballots cast. Though Johnson's campaign has requested a recount, it is unclear whether Johnson's campaign insisted on a hand recount. |
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