By Scott Harvey
Paris – With more than 700 total votes, Dr. A.J. Hashmi received 59 percent of the vote to win a recount for the Paris City Council District 7.
Hashmi, a local cardiologist, defeated incumbent Rhonda Rogers by receiving 416 out of 705 votes.
Saturday's recount was the result of neither candidate receiving over 50 percent of the vote in May, which then featured three total candidates.