UNC senior Tai Huynh held a 24-vote lead over incumbent Nancy Oates in the race for the final Chapel Hill Town Council seat up for election after a recount was conducted in Orange and Durham counties on Thursday.
Huynh held the lead after Election Night and the certification process, but Oates requested the recount shortly after the numbers were certified by the county and sent to the state.
Huynh maintained a two-vote lead in Orange County after the recount, although Huynh and Oates both lost one vote in the process. Durham County officials said there were no changes in results after Thursday night’s recount for the two Chapel Hill precincts in Durham County.
All other races across Orange County have been settled since the vote in early November, leaving just the final seat on the Chapel Hill Town Council undecided.
Huynh will join incumbents Jess Anderson and Michael Parker along with longtime planning commission member Amy Ryan in forming the new iteration of the town council when members are sworn in at an organization meeting next month.
Has there ever been local race where the recount changed the outcome?
Yes