The Secretary of State has ordered a recount in state House District 19, a contest in which the Republican, former state rep. Dan Woog of Erie, defeated his Democratic opponent, Jilliare McMillan of Longmont, by 109 votes.

By law, recounts are mandatory when the difference between the first- and second-place candidates is 0.5% or less than the winning votes for the first candidate.

Woog claimed 50.10% of the vote to McMillan’s 49.90% of the vote.

McMillan was chosen by a vacancy committee to replace Rep. Jennifer Parenti of Erie when Parenti decided not to run for re-election. That decision was made after the June 25 primary, so a vacancy committee had to select a replacement.

Parenti was a first-term lawmaker who defeated Woog by 1,467 in 2022. The district encompasses a small portion of eastern Boulder County and southern Weld County.

The recount must be completed by Dec. 6.

That’s also the same deadline for the recount in House District 16 in Colorado Springs, where first-term incumbent Rep. Stephanie Vigil trailed her Republican challenger, Rebecca Keltie, by just six votes.

And in case you’re wondering, it’s not the closest race in state history, or even the closest race this year.

In the Western Slope House District 58 Republican primary in June, now Rep.-elect Larry Suckla of Cortez defeated Mark Roeber of Paonia by a vote of 50.01% to 49.99%, or just three votes. That margin was confirmed by a recount in the eight-county district, including Montrose, Gunnison and Telluride.

Based on unofficial results from the Nov. 5 election, Republicans took three seats held by Democrats in the state House, dropping the divide from a 46-19 Democratic advantage to 43-21. That also cost Democrats the supermajority in the House, although, without a supermajority in the state Senate, it’s largely symbolic, other than deciding the party splits into committees.

The third Republican seat claimed was in Greeley, in House District 50. Republican Ryan Gonzalez defeated three-term incumbent Rep. Mary Young by 563 votes or over a percentage point.

The Senate remains at a 23-12 Democratic advantage.