DEERFIELD — With updated numbers in from Deerfield, Lora Wondolowski’s margin of victory in the town for the state representative seat jumped from five to 1,153 votes.
Wondolowski defeated Independent candidate Amy Lavallee to represent the 1st Franklin District by a landslide at the polls on Nov. 3.
As of Wednesday, Deerfield had recorded a tight race between the two candidates, with Lavallee earning 726 votes and Wondolowski earning 731 votes. However, due to a formatting issue, these numbers were inaccurate and Town Clerk Cassie Sanderell has since updated the results. The new numbers show a wider margin of victory for Wondolowski, with votes for Lavallee tallying up to 731 and Wondolowski’s tally coming to 1,884.
These new results raise Wondolowski’s total votes across the 1st Franklin District to 15,364 and Lavallee’s new total is 4,997. The update widens Wondolowski’s margin of victory to 10,367 votes.
The numbers for all other races in Deerfield remain unchanged.
