A hand recount of the McLeod County District 5 Commissioner ballots Monday afternoon had the same results as the count the night the of the Nov. 4 election — challenger Joe Nagel defeated incumbent Commissioner Jon Christensen by a 34-vote margin.
The recount was requested by Christensen, who also had to pay the cost of the recount, estimated at about $700.
According to the recount, Nagel had 1,209 votes, Christensen had 1,175 votes, and there were 144 write-ins.
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5th District vote recount verifies original tallies
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