A recount in the District 20 Senate race on Nov. 20 confirmed the re-election of Sen. Christ Johnson (D-Somerville) with 171 more votes than Rep. Les Fossell (R-Alna).
The District 51 House recount is scheduled for Mon., Nov. 26 at 1 p.m.
A recount in the District 20 Senate race was requested when the unofficial results showed Rep. Les Fossel (R-Alna), losing by 134 votes of 21,626 cast, a margin of 0.62 percent, to incumbent Sen. Chris Johnson (D-Somerville).
District 20 includes all of Lincoln County except Dresden, plus the Kennebec County town of Windsor and the Knox County towns of Friendship and Washington.
In District 51, unofficial results showed Mick Devin (D-Newcastle), with 93 more votes than Buzz Pinkham (R-Damariscotta), a margin of 1.65 percent of the 5629 votes cast.
District 51 includes Bristol, Damariscotta, Edgecomb, Monhegan Plantation, Newcastle and South Bristol.
Fossel and Pinkham have expressed some doubt about whether several towns with new vote-counting machines correctly tabulated all votes.
The recounts are open to the public and will take place at Dept. of Public Safety headquarters on Commerce Drive in Augusta.
The candidates’ representatives and Dept. of the Secretary of State staff will review every ballot by hand to determine the official vote tally.
The Lincoln County News will report the results of the recounts online as soon as they are available and in the Nov. 29 print edition.
