A three-person recount commission has been formed to determine whether Republicans or Democrats will have a majority on the Columbus City Council.
Kenneth Whipker will serve as the GOP representative, Steve Schoettmer is the Democrat’s representative, and Sue Chapple was chosen as the third commissioner, who was referred to in court last month as the “mechanic commissioner.”
Those three will conduct the recount that will determine whether incumbent Republican Dascal Bunch or Democrat Jerone Wood will represent District 1 on the city council.
On Nov. 5, it appeared that Wood was one of four Democrats who won city council seats, giving the Democrats their first majority on the council since 1983.
But Wood defeated Bunch by only one vote, 260 to 259. Ten days after the election, Bunch officially filed for a recount.
For more on this story, see Saturday’s Republic.
