肯塔基州北部三场市长选举败选方均表示不要求重新计票：托马斯堡25票、埃尔斯米尔13票、厄兰格56票定胜负
美国肯塔基州消息，肯塔基州北部的三场市长选举胜负只在几十票之间，三位败选方均已表示不会要求重新计票。据《辛辛那提问询报》11 月 13 日报道，在肯塔基州，地方选举即使差距不大也有资格要求重计，但当结果只由几票决定时，重计可能改变一切；本轮三场选举的败选方都选择接受结果。
在坎贝尔县托马斯堡，当选市长莎伦·麦克奈特以 3354 票对 3329 票、25 票之差击败安迪·埃利森。埃利森于 2025 年 12 月由市议会同事一致任命为临时市长，此前长期任职的市长埃里克·哈斯因健康原因离职。埃利森本可要求重计，但他对《问询报》说，他没有这个打算，并表示他信任负责计票的县办公室，出来投票的人投给了他们想要的人，这就是结果。麦克奈特此前没有担任过公职；该市今年由第三方审计发现 847335 美元的财务差额，未发现不当行为，差额最终归因于多年来的记账不准确。
在肯顿县埃尔斯米尔，任职 16 年的市长马蒂·伦霍夫以 788 票对 775 票、13 票之差击败埃里克·邦佐。邦佐说，他不会要求重计，并表示他信任这个制度，他努力过了，他输了。
在肯顿县厄兰格，市长杰西卡·费特以 2877 票对 2821 票、56 票之差击败市议员戴安娜·奈斯利，赢得连任。奈斯利对《问询报》说，她不会要求重计，并表示她全心信任肯顿县选举委员会。
The Losing Candidates in Three Northern Kentucky Mayoral Races All Say They Will Not Ask for Recounts: Fort Thomas Was Decided by 25 Votes, Elsmere by 13 and Erlanger by 56
KENTUCKY, United States — Three mayoral races in northern Kentucky were decided by a few dozen votes, and all three losing candidates have said they will not ask for a recount, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported on November 13. In Kentucky, local races do not have to be particularly close to qualify for a recount, but when results are determined by just a few votes, a recount could change everything; in these three races, the losers chose to accept the results.
In Fort Thomas, in Campbell County, mayor elect Sharon MacKnight beat Andy Ellison by 3,354 votes to 3,329, a margin of 25 votes. Ellison was unanimously appointed Fort Thomas interim mayor in December 2025 by his city council colleagues, after longtime Mayor Eric Haas vacated the position due to health reasons. While he could ask for a recount, Ellison told The Enquirer he has no plans to do so, saying he has faith in the county offices that do the count and that the people who came out and voted voted for who they wanted, and this is the result. MacKnight has not previously held office. This year, a financial discrepancy of 847,335 dollars was discovered by a third party auditor in the city; no wrongdoing was found, and the discrepancy was eventually attributed to years of inaccurate bookkeeping.
In Elsmere, in Kenton County, 16 year incumbent Mayor Marty Lenhof won with 788 votes to Eric Bunzow's 775, a margin of 13 votes. Bunzow said he will not ask for a recount, saying he trusts the system, that he worked it and he lost.
In Erlanger, also in Kenton County, Mayor Jessica Fette won reelection with 2,877 votes to City Councilwoman Diana Niceley's 2,821, a margin of 56 votes. Niceley told The Enquirer she would not ask for a recount, saying she trusts the Kenton County Board of Elections wholeheartedly.
来源：《辛辛那提问询报》
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