Following a recount, the race for the 111th District in the Kansas House has been decided.

The recount showed Republican challenger Barb Wasinger, currently an Ellis County commissioner, leading over incumbent Democrat Eber Phelps.

The vote total was 4,341 for Wasinger, 4,306 for Phelps. The vote total was certified by the canvass board. Sheriff Ed Harbin voted against the certification, while Mike Morley and Ellis County Commissioner Marcy McClelland voted to certify the results.

The canvass board traditionally is made up of the county commissioners, but with Wasinger’s name on the ballot and Ellis County Commissioner Dean Haselhorst serving on her campaign committee, Harbin and Morley were named to the canvass board.

Following last Thursday’s election canvass, election officials certified the election with Republican challenger Barb Wasinger defeating Democratic incumbent Eber Phelps by just 32 votes.

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