LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A recount was wanted to substantiate Democratic incumbent Jacob Tooney’s victory in a nail-biting race for Eaton County Commissioner.
The Eaton County Board of Canvassers carried out a hand-done recount of votes solid within the Eaton County Commissioner District 10 race between Democratic incumbent Jacob Toomey and Republican Jim Ruff.
The recount, requested by Ruff and the Republican Social gathering, was finalized on Thursday in Carmel Township. The official vote complete is 2,452 for Toomey and a pair of,441 for Ruff, solely an 11-vote distinction.
“This recount allowed Republicans and Democrats alike to witness firsthand that Michigan’s election course of is safe, truthful, and very correct,” mentioned Toomey in a information launch despatched to six Information.