The election results came in late last Thursday night showing a divided Lewis County with some contested races being won by as little as seven votes.

Election Commissioner Rusty Isbell reported that a total of 1,647 people voted during early voting and 1,125 people voted on election day. The 2020 Census reported that Lewis County had 12,131 in population.

City Vice Mayor Don Barber and Secretary of the Industrial Development Board Rob Inman read the results to hundreds of Lewis Countians tuning into their Facebook livestream to hear the results.

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