2 local primary races are being recounted today, here’s why

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By Sabrina Maggiore and James Tutten

Election officials in two local counties are going to pull the ballots and count again.

Four local races are going through a recount Friday because the results were so close.

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The recounts are happening in Orange and Volusia counties because of races where neither candidate got above the 50% needed to secure a win.

The margin to determine the top two candidates in some of these races is just a handful of ballots.

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Orange County will see two runoffs in two county commissioner races for county commissioner in District 4. The difference for second place was separated by just over 100 votes.

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The recount will decide whether Mercedes Fonseca or Karl Pearson will face Maribel Cordero.

In District 6, just one vote separated the second and third-place nominees.

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The recount will decide whether Michael Scott or Cynthia Harris will head to runoffs.

Over in Volusia County, there is a similar situation for two races.

Preliminary results for the Republican state house primary, in District 29, show Webster Barnaby defeated Elizabeth Fetter-Hoff by just 26 votes.

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For the Ponce Inlet town council seat four, Joe Villa-Nella topped David Israel by only six votes.

Those narrow margins also triggered a recount to decide which two candidates will face off in November runoffs.

The recount in Volusia County will begin at 9 a.m., and Orange County will get underway at 1 p.m.

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