DELAND -- Four days after the Nov. 4 general elections, Josh Wagner was declared the winner of the County Council District 2 seat when opponent Nancy Epps conceded defeat during the recount process
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Even though 6,100 votes were still to be manually recounted, Epps, who was behind by 88 votes in a machine recount, threw in the towel.
Wagner had maintained a 67-vote lead or 50.1 percent election night after the polls closed, but that gap widened before the start of a hand count of each ballot.
The seat represents Daytona Beach Shores, South Daytona, Ponce Inlet and portions of Daytona Beach, Port Orange and Volusia County.