The Senate District 6 race was too close to call and election officials said the race will go into an automatic recount.

Numbers late Tuesday night showed Republican candidate Dr. Larry Stutts only had a 26-vote lead on incumbent Sen. Roger Bedford.

In Franklin County, Bedford carried the county with 4,810 votes to Stutts’ 2,895 votes.

However, the votes in other counties in Senate District 6 made the overall vote count too close to make a definite decision by press time.

With a political career that spans 28 years, Sen. Roger Bedford has represented Franklin County for nearly three decades and has been part of countless projects that have benefited local citizens and businesses.

Running on a campaign that called for change and fresh perspective, Stutts had hoped voters were ready for a new face to represent them in Montgomery.

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