State Senate Recount Begins Wednesday

With all certified results in, the state has scheduled a district-wide recount to take place Wednesday and Thursday in the Democratic primary race between incumbent Sen. William Brownsberger and challenger Daniel Lander.

The two are running to represent the Suffolk and Middlesex District, which covers Belmont, Watertown, and parts of Boston and Cambridge, in the Massachusetts Senate. The winner will move to the general election in November, where he will face no Republican opponent.

Since the election on Tuesday, Sept. 1, the margin remained razor thin as the four municipalities continued to count ballots, with the lead changing hands at various points. On Friday, both Brownsberger and Lander filed petitions for recount with the Secretary of State…

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