Gore election results still too close to call
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We have something of a cliffhanger in the local body elections in Gore.
As things stand, twenty-three-year-old Ben Bell has a narrow 13-vote lead over long-time Gore District mayor Tracy Hicks in preliminary results.
But with 67 special votes still to be counted, it's too close to call.
The results won't be finalised until Thursday.
The preliminary result, though, remains an extraordinary moment with the young entrepreneur who's on the verge of ending Hicks' eighteen year run as mayor.
Bell spoke to Kim Hill.