Spring Lake Park mayor wins tiebreaker draw

All right, let's get to an interesting one that is happening right now. Spring Lake Park is selecting a winner in its mayoral race and it all comes down to the luck of the draw. So there's actually a live look here at the canvassing meeting that just began. The two candidates in the city's mayoral race received the exact same number of votes 1,401 in Tuesday's election and if the canvassing board certifies that then there has been a tie. An interesting tiebreaker then has to take place. And the winner's name will be drawn out of a bag. So following that drawing, the losing candidate can then request a recount, which both candidates have already said they plan to do. So once the recount is formally requested, it will take place next Tuesday, November the 17th. And if they still come out with the same number of votes, then it's the person whose name was drawn out of the hat. Yeah, I think what we were just looking at was that process of folding up the piece of paper with their names on it and then putting it inside of whatever that was that he saw. Okay, I think we're going to go back to it just so we can give you another look. Oh, wait, this is the drawing. Let's listen for a sec. Thank you, Council Member Goodwill-Bischoff. She did draw out a capsule, and I'm going to open it, read it. The successful candidate is Bob Nelson. All right, so you can see they just drew the name Bob Nelson. He raises his hand. He's the incumbent mayor. But again, both candidates said if they were on the losing side of this drawing, they would ask for a recount. So then it goes to a recount. We'll see if the same number of votes come out of the recount. Sometimes the numbers don't stay the same after a recount. Yeah, we have talked about how this has happened in Minnesota before, just a very Intriguing and interesting process that they do go through and you could see the challenger. I think he just sat down there right there in the front row. Yeah, Bob Nelson, the incumbent there winning that drawing. We'll keep you updated on what else comes out of there. This is in Spring Lake Park.