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Alex Askew, who currently represents the 85th House District.... Martha Mugler of the 91st District requested recounts after certified results from the Nov.... Jeffrey Marks, the GOP chair of the city's electoral board, said he hoped that process would conclude by midnight. Any irregularities from those ballots were expected to be sorted through Friday morning, Marks said, before both sides will present challenge ballots to a three-judge panel....

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