Politics

Two-vote margin leads to county board recount

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5 years ago

April 16, 2020

Brad Williams

One recount is planned this week in a La Crosse County board race.

The canvass board will meet Friday to recount the more than 600 votes cast in the 2nd District county board election.

Long-time supervisor Ralph Geary defeated challenger Coey Oliver by just two votes, 316 to 314.

Four write-in votes were also cast in the district.

Winners of the April 7th county board election will be sworn in next week.

The canvass board will recount the votes behind closed doors, starting at 9 a.m. on Friday.

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Brad Williams

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.