Atty. Thomas Wright of Brookfield will be new appellate court judge

WILLOUGHBY — Atty. Thomas R. Wright of Brookfield, a Democrat, will be a judge on Ohio’s 11th District Court of Appeals after a recount of votes cast in the five counties the court serves.

Wright gained one vote in Lake County and one in Geauga County during recounts conducted this week. His Republican opponent Eugene A. Lucci lost one vote in Portage County.

The appellate court reviews decisions from common pleas and lower courts in Trumbull, Lake, Portage, Geauga and Ashtabula counties.

The final vote count is 106,871 votes for Wright, and 105,875 for Lucci — a difference of 996 votes, said a spokesman for the Lake County Board of Elections, where the official results were compiled.

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