Politics & Government
Final Decision In On Winner in 101st District in Durham, Madison
The 101st District race in Durham and Madison went to a recount vote and the final decision was known late on Monday evening.
It took long into the night on Monday to confirm, but Noreen Kokoruda, R-Madison, is going back to serve a fifth term in the House of Representatives.
Kokoruda survived a recount vote in the 101st District, defeating political newcomer John-Michael Parker by 6,259 votes to 6,241 in the district that encompasses the towns of Madison and Durham.
Due to issues with voting machines, the ballots were hand counted in Madison Town Hall on Monday and it took 11 hours, long into Monday evening, for all the ballots to be counted. The Durham recount took place last Friday.
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The recount shaved a total of five votes off Kokoruda’s original winning total on election night, Nov. 6th, when the total was 6,254 for Kokoruda and 6,231 for Parker. Kokoruda picked up five votes in the recount; Parker picked up 10.
A recount is ordered when the margin of victory is less than one half of one percent. There were a total of three recount votes in the House and one in the Senate.
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The recount is facilitated by the head moderator of each town, who has five business days to complete the recount.
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