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For Immediate Release
June 27, 2002
Contact: Dan Gwadosky
207-626-8400
2nd Congressional District Primary
Recount Update
AUGUSTA--The recount for the Republican Primary in the Second Congressional
District continued today under the supervision of the Secretary of State's
Office at the State Police Barracks in Augusta. Updated recount results
as of 5:00 p.m. on June 27th are attached. These results include the
county totals previously reported and municipal totals from today's
recount of Androscoggin and Hancock Counties. The recount will continue
until ballots from all 390 municipalities that comprise the Second Congressional
District have been reviewed.
After three days of reviewing ballots from eight counties,
the vote difference between the two candidates is currently 333, with
Kevin Raye retaining his lead over Timothy Woodcock.
"As of this afternoon, the recount teams have reviewed
over 20,000 ballots from 60% of the municipalities in the Second Congressional
District," said Secretary Gwadosky. "The teams are continuing
to count ballots from Aroostook County today, and will begin to review
ballots tomorrow from Penobscot and Waldo Counties, the remaining two
counties in the District."
Election night totals were as follows: Kevin L. Raye,
11,870; and Timothy C. Woodcock, 11,460. The recount was requested by
Timothy Woodcock, the second place candidate. The candidates were separated
on election night by a 410 vote margin.
All recounts are conducted in a secure State Police
building on Hospital Street in Augusta. Recounts are public proceedings.
Members of the public and media may attend to observe, as space allows.
State law requires the State Police to collect the ballots for the recounts
and keep them in the secured State Police facility until a recount has
been completed. The ballots are stored in tamperproof metal containers
and are closed with specially numbered security seals and locks.
In a recount, the representatives of each candidate
and the staff of the Secretary of State manually review each ballot
to determine the official vote tally. Recounts are requested based upon
the unofficial initial results, sometimes called the apparent results.
In a primary election, if the recount produces enough
disputed ballots to affect the election result, the Supreme Judicial
Court must review the ballots and determine the outcome of the election.
This procedure is set forth in Maine law.
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Piscataquis County
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Election Night Results
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Recount Results
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Municipality
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Kevin
Raye
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Timothy
Woodcock
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Kevin
Raye
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Timothy Woodcock
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Auburn Ward 1
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78
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66
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77
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66
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Auburn Ward 2
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74
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65
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73
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66
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Auburn Ward 3
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59
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52
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60
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51
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Auburn Ward 4
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31
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49
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31
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49
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Auburn Ward 5
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35
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27
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36
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27
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Ward Totals
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277
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259
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277
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259
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Durham
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30
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27
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30
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27
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Greene
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30
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29
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31
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29
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Leeds
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27
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14
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26
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14
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Lewiston Ward 1, P1
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5
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2
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5
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2
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Lewiston Ward 1, P2
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28
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26
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28
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26
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Totals
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33
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28
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33
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28
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Lewiston Ward 2, P1 & P2
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42
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37
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43
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41
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Totals
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42
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37
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43
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41
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Lewiston Ward 3, P1
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6
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4
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6
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3
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Lewiston Ward 3, P2
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14
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2
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13
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2
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Totals
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20
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6
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19
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5
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Lewiston Ward 4, P1
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23
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23
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22
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19
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Lewiston Ward 4, P2
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22
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16
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22
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16
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Totals
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45
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39
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44
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35
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Lewiston Ward 5, P1
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6
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1
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6
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1
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Lewiston Ward 5, P2
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17
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11
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17
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11
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Totals
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23
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12
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23
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12
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Lewiston Ward 6, P1
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0
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3
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0
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3
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Lewiston Ward 6, P2
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15
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17
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15
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17
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Totals
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15
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20
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15
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20
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Lewiston Ward 7, P1 & P2
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34
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25
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34
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26
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Totals
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34
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25
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34
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26
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Central Voting
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23
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9
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24
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8
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Lewistion Totals
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235
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176
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235
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175
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Lisbon Ward 1
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30
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27
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30
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27
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Lisbon Ward 2
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32
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50
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32
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50
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Ward Totals
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62
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77
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62
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77
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Livermore
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26
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33
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26
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35
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Livermore Falls
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31
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23
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31
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23
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Mechanic Falls
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29
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9
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26
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9
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Minot
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24
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21
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24
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21
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Poland
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66
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63
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66
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63
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Sabattus
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29
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12
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28
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12
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Turner
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48
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43
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48
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43
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Wales
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12
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9
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12
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9
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Androscoggin County Total
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926
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795
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922
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796
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Hancock County
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Election Night Results
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Recount Results
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Municipality
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Kevin
Raye
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Timothy Woodcock
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Kevin
Raye
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Timothy Woodcock
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Amherst
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16
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6
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16
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6
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Aurora
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8
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8
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8
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8
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Bar Harbor
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118
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115
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119
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114
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Blue Hill
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70
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58
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67
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56
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Brooklin
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23
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28
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23
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27
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Brooksville
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24
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35
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24
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35
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Bucksport
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103
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80
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103
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81
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Castine
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46
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50
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46
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50
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Cranberry Isles Ward 1
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4
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3
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4
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3
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Cranberry Isles Ward 2
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2
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6
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2
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6
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Totals
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6
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9
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6
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9
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Dedham
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49
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64
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49
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64
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Deer Isle
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30
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43
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30
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42
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Eastbrook
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13
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5
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13
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5
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Ellsworth Ward 1
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165
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102
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167
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102
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Ellsworth Ward 2
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23
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44
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24
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44
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Ellsworth Ward 3 & 4
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138
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116
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140
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117
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Ward Totals
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326
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262
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331
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263
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Franklin
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60
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20
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60
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20
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Frenchboro
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2
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2
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2
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2
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Gouldsboro
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86
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52
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88
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52
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Great Pond
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2
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0
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2
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0
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Hancock
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66
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75
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66
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75
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Lamoine
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82
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58
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82
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58
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Mariaville
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8
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8
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8
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8
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Mount Desert
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93
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97
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93
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97
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Orland
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66
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41
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66
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41
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Osborn
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5
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3
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5
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3
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Otis
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10
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15
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10
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15
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Penobscot
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35
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38
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35
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38
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Sedgwick
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21
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22
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21
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22
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Sorrento
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21
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15
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21
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15
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Southwest Harbor
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80
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46
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80
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46
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Stonington
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21
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21
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21
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17
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Sullivan
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31
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31
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31
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31
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Surry
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54
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44
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54
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44
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Swan's Island
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15
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16
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15
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16
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Tremont
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41
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26
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41
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26
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Trenton
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98
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26
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97
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26
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TWP. 7 (Steuben)
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1
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0
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0
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0
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UN. TWP. NO. 8, S.D., (Ellsworth)
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2
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1
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2
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1
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Verona
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13
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10
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14
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11
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Waltham
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9
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4
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8
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4
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Winter Harbor
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5
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8
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27
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22
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Hancock County Total
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1759
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1442
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1784
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1450
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Election Night Results
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Recount Results
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County Totals as of June 27,
2002
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Kevin
Raye
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Timothy Woodcock
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Kevin
Raye
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Timothy Woodcock
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Androscoggin County Total
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926
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795
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922
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796
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Franklin County Total
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725
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615
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693
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599
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Hancock County Total
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1759
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1442
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1784
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1450
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Kennebec County Total
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211
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225
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214
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232
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Oxford County Total
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1074
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659
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1072
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698
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Piscataquis County Total
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337
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394
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341
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418
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Somerset County Total
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818
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982
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817
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985
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Washington County Total*
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1677
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218
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1670
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215
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* The candidates have not yet agreed to the results
for this county.
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