Lesser appeared to outpace Morgan by a margin of 9.8 percent on Tuesday in the precinct.
In comparison, the 2014 winner, Republican Mark Neerhof, won by a margin of 31 percent in that jurisdiction, beating Democrat Scott Drury, who received 188 votes to Neerhof's 357.
2018 State House race results vs. 2014
Precinct/ County/ Township
GOP 2018
Votes/ %
Dem. 2018
Votes/ %
GOP 2014
Votes/ %
Dem. 2014
Votes/ %
Shields Township Precinct 238
Fredric "Rick" Bryan Lesser
336/ 54.90%
Bob Morgan
276/ 45.10%
Mark Neerhof
357/ 65.5%
Scott Drury
188/ 34.5%