The Rochester Election recount was held on Wednesday, June 17. The results of the recount are as follows: for two seats on the Rochester Memorial School Committee, incumbent member Katherine Duggan, whose original total on election day, May 27, was 624, gaining an additional vote to win by 625 votes after the recount. For the second spot, Isabel Gomes-McCann won with 544. Barbara Lee, a member of the Rochester Memorial School Council who was tied with Gomes-McCann on election day, lost one vote with a final tally of 543 votes.
“This is now the official count,” said Town Clerk Marjorie Barrows on Wednesday.
Rochester Election Recount
By Michael J. DeCicco