Former Kentucky state rep agrees to pay for election recount

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – A former Republican state representative in Kentucky has agreed to pay for a recount of an election he lost by one vote.

DJ Johnson lost to Democrat Jim Glenn in Kentucky state House district 13 in November. The Kentucky State Board of Elections certified Glenn as the winner. But Johnson has asked the GOP-controlled House of Representatives for a recount.

Wednesday, a panel of nine lawmakers, including six Republicans, convened to consider Johnson’s request. State law normally requires the loser to pay for the recount. An attorney for Glenn said he could not afford that.

An attorney for Johnson said he would pay for the full cost of the recount, even if he still lost.

Lawmakers are meeting in private to consider his request.