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BY PATRICK GUINANE AND LAURI HARVEY KEAGLE
Times Staff Writers | Wednesday, May 07, 2008 | (1 comment(s))
Former state Sen. Lonnie Randolph won the seven-Democrat showdown to replace East Chicago state Sen. Sam Smith, election results showed Wednesday morning.
In the end, Randolph's 5,914 votes beat out his closest competitor, Gary School Board member Michael Scott Sr., by 222 votes.
Randolph left the Senate in 1998 to become a city judge. He and Scott touted their experience, while Diane Smith had the support of her husband, who replaced Randolph in the Senate a decade ago.
Randolph will face Republican Carl L. Dahlin Jr. in November.
But the district, which covers all of East Chicago, the west side of Gary and parts of Griffith, Hammond, Highland, Merrillville and Schererville, leans heavily Democratic. Sam Smith defeated a GOP challenger by a 10-1 margin four years ago.
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RANDOLPH SUPPORTER wrote on May 7, 2008 11:38 AM: