Lake County Gazette

Joyce Mason led Republican Sheri Jesiel in votes cast in Newport Township Precinct 228 for the District 61 state House race, according to the latest vote count.

Mason appeared to outpace Jesiel by a margin of 37.8 percent on Tuesday in the precinct.

In comparison, the 2014 winner, Democrat Loren Karner, won by a margin of 3.5 percent in that jurisdiction, beating Republican Sheri Jesiel, who received 292 votes to Karner's 313.