No recount in tight District 6 race, city clerk says
The three-man race in Colorado Springs City Council District 6 may have been close, but not close enough to trigger a recount, City Clerk Sarah Johnson said Wednesday.
Just 159 votes separated the first- and second-place candidates, but Johnson said the recount would only be launched with a difference of 20 votes or less.
According to unofficial returns, Andres G. Pico won with 4,099 votes, or about 34 percent of the total. David H. Moore was in second place, with 3,940 votes (33 percent), and Ed Bircham was in third with 3,863 votes (33 percent).
The results of Tuesday’s election will be certified April 12, and the new council will be sworn in April 16.
District 6 covers parts of eastern and northern Colorado Springs.
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Student election judge Rachael Smith collects mail-in ballots from voters outside the City Administration Building Tuesday, April 2, 2013. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) Photo by CHRISTIAN MURDOCK, THE GAZETTE
Brian and Becky Bennett give District 3 candidate Jim Bensberg some old text books Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at Bristol Brewery that they found in their study a couple weeks ago that belongs to Bensbergs relatives. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) Photo by CHRISTIAN MURDOCK, THE GAZETTE
Xenia Kempf, left, congratulates District 5 candidate Jill Gaebler at Johnny’s Navaho Hogan after she took the lead Tuesday, April 2, 2013. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) Photo by CHRISTIAN MURDOCK, THE GAZETTE