Both candidates in the state Senate District 43 recount picked up votes Wednesday but the outcome in Cleveland County did not change.
State Sen. Jim Reynolds, the incumbent, received 6,467 votes in Cleveland County and challenger David Boren received 4,540. At the polls Nov. 4, Reynolds received 6,445 and Boren received 4,519.
Election Board secretary Paula Roberts said the additional votes came from workers counting some marks that the optical scanners do not count.
“When people do the recount, they tend to count more votes because the scanners don’t pick up everything,” she said.
The recount involves nine Cleveland County precincts and about 20 precincts in Oklahoma County.
Oklahoma County election board officials said they “were still working” on the recount.
“It could be as late as Friday before we're finished,” one staff member said.
Boren, the Democratic candidate, requested the recount. Both candidates have alleged irregularities in the process.
In Cleveland County, there are nine precincts and one absentee box being recounted. The last recount in Cleveland County was a city council race in 1992.
Sixteen workers recounted the Cleveland County ballots Wednesday. Since the election, the ballots have been sealed inside a truck locked in the sheriff’s department parking lot.
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Reynolds remains winner in recount; Hearing Monday on voting irregularities
Both candidates in the state Senate District 43 recount picked up votes Wednesday but the outcome in Cleveland and Oklahoma counties did not change.
State Sen. Jim Reynolds, the incumbent, received 6,467 votes in Cleveland County and challenger David Boren received 4,540. -
UPDATED:Senate race outcome doesn't change
Sen. Jim Reynolds wins in county; Oklahoma County still re-counting ballots.
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Hansen to discuss presidential election and other politics
Hansen to discuss presidential election
Dr. Glenn Hansen, director of the University of Oklahoma Political Communications Center, will be the featured speaker at the Tyner Cornbread -- Beans luncheon Friday at StepBrothers restaurant, 423 S. -
71 percent vote in Cleveland County
It wasn't a record, but it was historic.
As county election board officials worked Wednesday to finalize numbers from Tuesday's vote, one thing is certain: Social and politically the 2008 presidential election was historic, but vote-wise it probably was just a good turnout. -
UPDATED: Nations, Collins, Martin, Terrill keep House seats
Incumbents led the field in local races for the state House of Representatives, with Reps. Bill Nations, Wallace Collins, Scott Martin and Randy Terrill retaining their seats.
Also, Republican Jonathan Nichols won re-election to State Senate District 15. - UPDATED: Lester takes sheriff's race There's a new sheriff in town -- as Cleveland County voters overwhelmingly elected Joe Lester over Rick Adkins in Tuesday's general elections, 59,432 votes to 39,212 with 99 percent of precincts reporting by press time.
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Never too young too vote
The voting line stretched from the far northeast classroom all the way down the hall to the office inside Wilson Elementary Tuesday morning.
There were no adults lined up to cast their votes, but instead plenty of children ready to voice their opinions in the school's mock presidential election. -
Nichols, Laster win re-election
Jonathan Nichols once again will represent State Senate District 15.
Nichols, R-Norman, was elected to a third term Tuesday evening. He defeated Diane Drum, D-Norman, for the seat.
With 100 percent of precincts counted, Nichols won with 23,119 votes. - Terrill leads Green Embattled state Rep. Randy Terrill was reelected to his District 53 seat Tuesday, winning despite a recent judgment that he fraudulently lent himself money from a previous campaign that he should have declared as an asset during bankruptcy proceedings.
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