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DAVENPORT—It took a week of vote-counting, but Brian Telford will be Gabe Gants’ opponent in the race for Lincoln County Sheriff in the November general election.

Telford, a retired lawman who was most recently Chief Criminal Deputy in Lincoln County, secured his spot by slightly extending his slim second-place lead over Reardan Police Chief Andy Manke in each of the three counts that occurred in the past 10 days.

As of the last major count on Tuesday, Aug. 9, Telford led Manke 990 votes to 849 votes with less than 50 ballots estimated left to tally, according to the Lincoln County Au...