JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - The official results are in. And Republican Sandra Thomas has prevailed in a close state auditor's primary over Jack Jackson.
The secretary of state's office today certified the results from the August 8 primaries.
Thomas received 86,786 votes in the five-way primary.
Jackson got 84,942 votes. That amounts to a difference of a little more than one-half a percentage point.
Jackson says he plans to officially ask for a recount Friday. Under state law, election authorities then would have 20 days to conduct and certify the results of the recount.
A Jackson spokesman says it is unlikely a recount would make him the winner, but he owes it to his supporters to at least ask.
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