Recount affirms Plump’s win in Jefferson County district of Alabama House

Jefferson County election officers and Democratic Social gathering officers held a recount this morning within the runoff in District 55 within the Alabama Home of Representatives but it surely didn’t change the end result.

Fred “Coach” Plump acquired 952 votes to win the seat over the incumbent, Rep. Rod Scott, D-Fairfield, who acquired 919 votes.

Within the recount, every candidate gained 4 votes from the overall licensed after the June 21 runoff, when Plump had 948 votes and Scott had 915.

Scott requested the recount with the Jefferson County Democratic Social gathering. It was held within the Election Central Room within the Felony Justice Middle in Birmingham.

Plump and Scott made the runoff by main a five-candidate discipline within the Could 24 main.

Plump, because the Democratic nominee, wins the seat as a result of there is no such thing as a Republican or Libertarian candidate in District 55, which is in central Jefferson County. His time period begins in November.

“I’ve been serving the neighborhood for my total profession – first within the navy, then as a firefighter, a librarian and 50 years as a youth baseball coach. Now I stay up for additional serving as a state legislator,” Plump mentioned in a press launch. His marketing campaign deliberate to carry a victory get together tonight in Fairfield.

Scott has represented District 55 since 2006.

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