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,

A legal dispute is brewing over the retabulation of some votes in Calhoun County, with potential that the new count could affect who is sent to the Michigan House of Representatives.

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.