Lesser appeared to outpace Morgan by a margin of 30.7 percent on Tuesday in the precinct.
In comparison, the 2014 winner, Republican Mark Neerhof, won by a margin of 43.5 percent in that jurisdiction, beating Democrat Scott Drury, who received 152 votes to Neerhof's 386.
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 244
Fredric "Rick" Bryan Lesser
402/ 65.37%
Bob Morgan
213/ 34.63%
Mark Neerhof
386/ 71.8%
Scott Drury
152/ 28.2%