Phelan ekes out a runoff win

Incumbent Dade Phelan narrowly defeated challenger David Covey in the District 21 Republican primary runoff election Tuesday by a margin of 366 votes out of more than 25,000 ballots cast.The Jefferson County vote was 2-1 in favor of Phelan, while Jasper County voters favored Covey by almost a 3-1 margin. Orange County voters cast the most ballots, more than 10.000 with Covey outpolling P...

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