WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 02: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a swearing-in ceremony in the Vice President’s ceremonial office at Eisenhower Executive Office Building March 2, 2017 in Washington, DC. Ben Carson was sworn in as the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary in the Trump Administration. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Democrats will enter 2020 with a City Council majority in Republican Vice President Mike Pence's Indiana hometown for the first time since the 1980s after a recount confirmed a candidate's one-vote victory margin.
Democrats captured their 4-3 Columbus City Council majority in November's election as they defeated two Republican incumbents, including Democrat Jerone Wood's 260-259 win over Republican Councilman Dascal Bunch.
A recount requested by Bunch was completed Dec. 13 and didn't change those results.
Wood says the Democratic council majority is "change in a good direction'' for Columbus. The city's Republican mayor was unopposed for reelection.
