Lesser appeared to outpace Morgan by a margin of 17.7 percent on Tuesday in the precinct.
In comparison, the 2014 winner, Republican Mark Neerhof, won by a margin of 38.8 percent in that jurisdiction, beating Democrat Scott Drury, who received 145 votes to Neerhof's 329.
2018 State House race results vs. 2014
Precinct/ County/ Township
GOP 2018
Votes/ %
Dem. 2018
Votes/ %
GOP 2014
Votes/ %
Dem. 2014
Votes/ %
West Deerfield Township Precinct 383
Fredric "Rick" Bryan Lesser
312/ 58.87%
Bob Morgan
218/ 41.13%
Mark Neerhof
329/ 69.4%
Scott Drury
145/ 30.6%