Gap In Race Still 120 Votes

DAYTON - After a nar- row margin of votes between candidates for the Columbia County Commissioner District 1 Seat Two in the first count of the General Election, Mike Talbott main- tained the victory over Tom Bensel by 120 votes in the first recount on Friday, Nov. 9.

On the first count Tues- day, Nov. 6, Talbott received 1,029 votes, or 52.45 per- cent of the submitted votes. Bensel received 912 votes, or 46.48 percent.

On a second count Nov. 9, more ballots were counted and Talbott received 1,114 votes, 53.07 percent of the votes. Bensel received 985 votes, 46.93 percent.

Talbott will begin...