Despite a few close races in Lucas County this November, only the race for Maumee City Council will head to a recount.

According to official election results, Dave Poeppelmeier, who was the fourth vote-getter for Maumee City Council, and Andrew Huyghe, who was not elected to council, were separated by just 11 votes. The two needed to be separated by at least 23 votes to be outside of the automatic recount range.

The only way a recount would not occur is if the losing candidate, Mr. Huyghe, submitted something in writing to the Lucas County Board of Elections.

Mr. Huyghe said he does not plan on asking the board not to proceed with the recount to ensure that everyone’s votes are tallied correctly, but he said he does not think it will change the outcome of the race.

“I’ve been contempla

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