More than a week after the election, Republican Dan Woog appeared to win election to state House District 19 by 123 votes, but the race does appear headed for a recount.
As of Friday morning, Woog had 50.1% of the 56,711 votes, while Democrat Jillaire McMillan had 49.9% of the votes. House District 19 encompasses Dacono, Erie, Frederick, Firestone, east Longmont and surrounding areas, and it includes parts of both Boulder and Weld counties.
Because the margin between the candidates is less than 0.5% of the leading candidate’s votes, the race is expected to go to an automatic recount.
The District 19 race has remained tight practically since the first results were posted on election night. The earliest batch of results released at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 5 showed Woog with an eight percentage-point lead over McMillan, but by 9:20 p.m., McMillan had pulled into a four-point lead, with 52% of the vote to Woog’s 48%. And by mid-day on Nov. 6, McMillan still held her lead…