The race between Brenda Fincher and Toni Troutner for the Kent City Council stayed tight after more ballots were counted on Thursday night, although Fincher has started to pull away.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Fincher leads by 114 votes after earlier leads of 67, 49 and 82 votes. Fincher has 5,758 votes (50.39 percent) while Troutner has 5,644 votes (49.39 percent), as of 7 p.m. Thursday. Write-in votes are at 26 votes (.23 percent)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
King County Elections is scheduled to release more results each weekday until the count is certified on Nov. 24.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The council appointed Fincher to her seat last year to replace Ken Sharp, who resigned after just two weeks in office. Two years remain on the term.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
If the vote count gets closer, it might lead to a recount. Any office must be recounted by machine when the difference between two candidates is less than 2,000 votes and less than .50 percent, according to the King County Elections website.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The difference between Fincher and Troutner is 1 percent as of Thursday night.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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