Battle Creek, and Republican challenger Steve Frisbie, also from Battle Creek, was expected to be close. But the outcome was thrown into controversy when initial unofficial results, which showed Frisbie beating Haadsma by close to 1,

Absentee ballots in Battle Creek will be re-tabulated following an error in last week’s election that has left results of a key state House race up in the air. An error in Calhoun County’s election reporting system from the Nov.

A Republican candidate filed a lawsuit Wednesday to stop the re-tallying of some absentee ballots in Calhoun County, where a key race for the Michigan state House currently has an unofficial margin of victory of just 58 votes.

The retabulation of votes continued Wednesday in Calhoun County after a lawsuit briefly delayed the process that will determine the winner of a key state House seat. At issue is the race for the 44th state House District in which incumbent state Rep.