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Election 2022

Syferd wins Circuit Clerk race after Nelson conceeds

Only three votes separated the two Republican candidates

Justin Addison, Editor/Publisher
Posted 8/3/22

Teresa Syferd will be the next Howard County Circuit 14 Clerk and Recorder of Deeds. In a close race between Mrs. Syferd and Angie Nelson, only three votes separated the two Republicans following …

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Election 2022

Syferd wins Circuit Clerk race after Nelson conceeds

Only three votes separated the two Republican candidates

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Teresa Syferd will be the next Howard County Circuit 14 Clerk and Recorder of Deeds. In a close race between Mrs. Syferd and Angie Nelson, only three votes separated the two Republicans following Tuesday’s primary election.

It was understood at the time that a recount would be mandatory due to the close finish. However, Howard County Clerk Shelly Howell said on Wednesday that after speaking with Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, a recount would take place only at the request of one or both candidates and only after the election results were certified. Results are expected to be certified on Monday.

Shortly after 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Mrs. Nelson announced on her campaign’s Facebook page that she would not seek a recount, therefore conceding the race. “I will not request a recount and I accept the results as reported last night,” Mrs. Nelson wrote. “I look forward to working with the next Howard County Clerk & Recorder, Teresa Syferd. Congratulations on your win!!!”

Mrs. Syferd told this newspaper that she was thankful for the win and is ready to get to work.

The two women ran clean campaigns and have known and worked with one another for years.

“I want to thank Angie. She’s a wonderful human being, and I could not have asked for a better person to have run against,” Mrs. Syferd said shortly after the announcement was made. “I want to thank my family and my friends. I’m very excited to work for Howard County. I’m grateful and excited.”

Since no candidate from any other party ran for the position, Syferd will assume the duties as Circuit 14 and Recorder of Deeds on January 1. She will take over for Charles Flaspholer, a Democrat, who will retire after 44 years on the job.

Mrs. Syferd has served as a Real Estate Closer and Closing Coordinator for the last 18 years at George G. Smith and Son, Inc., and often works closely with the Recorder’s office. Prior to that, she worked in the loan department at Commercial Trust Company in Fayette.

A 2000 graduate of Fayette High School, Mrs. Syferd is a life-long native of Howard County. She and her husband, Chip, live on her family’s farm in northeast Howard County with their three children. She is the daughter of Brenda and Harry A. Dougherty, and the granddaughter of the late Harry and Aleen Dougherty, and Evelyn and the late James Boggs of Higbee.

Ironically, both Mrs. Syferd and Mrs. Nelson filed their candidacies at the same time on the same day. Both work on the south side of the Fayette square, barely 100 feet from one another. Mrs. Nelson is a secretary in the law office of Frank Robert Flasphoher. The two women often work together on projects between the two offices and have long considered one another friends.



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