In an official recanvass of all precincts in the 13th House District, the results remain the same — Democrat Jim Glenn received 6,319 votes and Republican incumbent DJ Johnson received 6,318.
Richard House, chief deputy clerk of the Daviess County Clerks Office, read results from all precincts of House District 13 as well as three counts from absentee machines. As House read the tapes from each precinct, four staff members from the clerks office added the vote totals — two for each candidate.
The County Board of Elections, which included County Clerk David “Oz” Osborne and a democrat and republican representative of the board, approved the recanvass.
“I am happy the vote is in and honored for the vote,” said Jim Glenn, who was present at Thursday’s recanvass. “The public got a chance to hear the vote and I hope to make a smooth transition to the legislature in January.”
DJ Johnson told Owensboro Times prior to the recanvass that he would not be in attendance. Representatives from his team were present and provided the results to Johnson.
Johnson was available to issue a statement by phone after the final results were read.
“I didn’t expect anything to change,” Johnson said. “But this was step one. Now I will get with my team and evaluate our options. We will be looking at the next steps.”
According to House, that next step will require an attorney, who will need to submit a request to the Kentucky General Assembly for a recount. House said the county clerks office would be responsible for a recount in a local election, but because this is a House of Representatives race, the petition will need to be made to the general assembly.
According to Kentucky Revised Statute 120.195, once the request to contest an election is made, the party may take depositions as proof, which is then to be provided to the clerk of the House. The depositions will then be read as evidence before the board or branch of the General Assembly having jurisdiction over the case.
