Results from the Colorado House District 43 race will be recounted after a request from Republican candidate Kurt Huffman was approved by the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office.

Per the election results, Democrat Bob Marshall received 22,877 votes (50.5%) to beat Huffman, who received 22,472 votes (49.5%), to represent the Highlands Ranch area in the state legislature. Marshall’s win was above the .5% margin that results in an automatic recount. 

In a statement, Huffman said he requested the recount because he heard concerns about “voter confidence.” Huffman paid around $740 for a recount of adjudicated ballots, meaning only ballots that were examined by election judges will be recounted to ensure the judges’ accurately determined those votes.

“With only a 405 ballot difference in election results I have filed for a ‘recount without rescan’ to assure voters that Douglas County is the safest place to vote in Colorado,” Huffman said. “My hope is that voter confidence in Douglas County Elections is confirmed next week.”

Huffman did not say whether he expected the recount to change the results of the election.

Marshall said in a statement that he didn’t understand the intent of the recount, noting it’s unlikely to change the outcome of the election.

“This seems part of the GOP's ongoing effort to undermine confidence in our elections and democratic processes where there should be none,” Marshall said. “Unless they truly think that the Douglas County Clerk's office is either dishonest or incompetent, which is the only way the result could change at this point.”

The recount must be finished by Dec. 15.