State Rep. Donna Howard checks returns on Election Night. Credit: photo by John Anderson

Travis County has finally counted all the votes, including provisional and late-arriving mail-in votes, and Democratic state Representative Donna Howard is still the winner over Republican Dan Neil. The totals: Howard 25,026, Neil 25,010, increasing her 15-vote Election Day margin by one. No word yet on whether Neil will call for a recount.

This article appears in November 5 • 2010.

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