UPDATE: Outcome Unchanged After Brooklyn Center Mayoral Primary Recount

This story was updated Thursday, Aug. 20, to include results of the Brooklyn Center mayoral primary recount

The results of a recount held Wednesday, Aug. 19, did not change the outcome of the Brooklyn Center mayoral primary.

The second and third-place candidates had been separated by just seven votes. After the recount, the seven-vote margin stayed the same, though each candidate tallied an additional vote. Brooklyn Center City Clerk Shannon Pettit said election judges determined clear voter intent of two ballots that had not initially been counted.

Alexander Koenig ended up receiving 684 votes, while Laurie Ann Moore had 677 votes following the recount. 

Koenig will move on to face Teneshia Kragness, a current city council member, who easily won the primary with 1,832 votes, or 52.9 percent of the total vote.

Moore, who is also a city council member, requested the recount.

The recount was held at Brooklyn Center City Hall.

Two election judges look over a ballot during the Brooklyn Center mayoral primary election recount.

Corey Bork contributed to this report

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