It may have been the closest race in the night.State Rep. Penny Hubbard (D-St. Louis) eked out a victory in the Democratic Primary's 78th District over activist Bruce Franks — besting Franks by just 84 votes under the unofficial (but complete) totals posted by the St. Louis Board of Elections Tuesday night.
There will likely be some sort of election contest. While Franks would not qualify for a recount (Missouri law allows them only in races where the margin of victory is less than one half of one percent, which Franks fell just shy of), he does have the right to contest the election.
And even before the election, Franks had raised questions about Hubbard's penchant for picking up high vote totals in absentee ballots.…