Following requested recounts in two of the closest legislative races in Wisconsin this election year, no primary outcomes were changed as of Tuesday.

After the Sept. 12 primary election, only eight votes had separated the Assembly District 47 Democratic primary winner, Meagan Tost, from her opponent, Dan Jardine. In the Assembly District 87 Democratic primary, Judy Reas had lost to Dewey Floberg by 43 votes.

District 47 includes parts of Columbia, Sauk and Dane counties. District 87 includes parts of Sawyer, Price, Rusk, Taylor and Marathon counties. Both districts are currently represented by incumbent Republicans.

Jardine said he requested the recount after he went to bed the night of the primary winning by one vote — with 100 percent of the precincts reporting — but woke up defeated by eight votes.

"She picked up, for reasons that are still not being explained, 23 votes, and I picked up 14, and that nine vote swing changed the outcome," Jardine said.

The recount for District 47 took place Tuesday, with Jardine still being defeated by five votes.

Reas, on the other hand, requested a recount for a different reason.

"There were some discrepancies and some irregularities, as far as the election procedure," she said.

After Friday's recount, the official report still showed Floberg as the winner, but by 42 votes.

According to Kyle Richmond, public information officer for the State Election Board, candidates requesting recounts usually consider the percentage of votes they lost by in relation to the total number of people who voted.

"In a governor's race, if the difference were eight votes, of course they would have a recount," Richmond said, adding there is more potential for a vote to shift in races with higher turnouts.

But Jardine is still pleased he went through with the recount.

"It gives me more confidence in the ballots in Dane and Columbia counties," he said. "There is something to be said for ensuring that every valid vote cast gets counted, and that invalid votes don't get counted — that's the reason we have recounts."

After further investigation, Jardine said he will make a decision whether to appeal to the circuit court, possibly alleging that "the canvassing boards did not follow procedures or exceeded their authority."

According to the county clerk, the recount for District 47 was performed electronically, just as the original count was on primary day.

"The state law says that if you use optical scan equipment, you have to use a machine to count them — if you count by hand, you have to [re]count by hand," Dane County Clerk Robert Ohlsen said.

Regardless of final results, the primary nominees will face their Republican opponents in the general election on Nov. 7.