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INDIANAPOLIS (INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — A Republican state senator targeted over his opposition to last year’s failed redistricting effort appears to have narrowly defeated a primary challenger endorsed by President Donald Trump.
Sen. Spencer Deery, R-West Lafayette, led Paula Copenhaver by just two votes as of Monday, with three provisional ballots left to consider across Senate District 23.
The district covers all or parts of six counties spanning much of the area between Lafayette and Terre Haute.
The Parke County Election Board on Wednesday accepted one provisional ballot, which included a vote for Deery.
That brought his lead to three votes, meaning that even if the two remaining provisional ballots in Tippecanoe County go to Copenhaver during a Friday hearing, Deery would still be leading.
The unofficial tally gave Deery a 6,337-6,334 vote margin.
A provisional ballot allows a person to cast a vote if it’s unclear that they’re qualified to do s...
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