Recount continues in razor-close HD 29 election

Recount continues in razor-close HD 29 election

The only election in Florida pitting two sitting state legislators against one another came down to a 26-vote margin. Now, Reps. Webster Barnaby and Elizabeth Fetterhoff await results of a machine recount.

The process of the machine recount started at 9 a.m. this morning after an original tabulation of the votes was complete. Since the Aug. 23 Republican Primary contest in House District 29, the counting of provisional and some overseas ballots netted Fetterhoff a couple notes and closed the gap between candidates from 31 votes on the night of the election.

That was a frustrating evening for Fetterhoff, who held onto a lead through most of the vote tabulation. A final precinct from Deltona,...

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