LEWISTON — Races for a pair of Androscoggin County jobs — county commissioner and judge of probate — were too close to call Tuesday night.

With 31 percent of the county vote available, Democratic commission challenger Michael Shostak led Republican incumbent Beth Bell by a mere 20 votes, 2,125 to 2,105.

The commission seat represents Minot, Mechanic Falls, Poland and Auburn. Votes in that district were available only from Minot and Poland.

Republican Michael Dubois led Democrat Joshua Klein-Golden by almost 500 votes, 6,767 to 6,263, in a county-wide vote.

Both men touted their experience during the election.

Klein-Golden, 32, has worked as register of probate and judge of probate but has never been elected. Dubois, 56, had not run for office before.

Bell, a 52-year-old real estate broker from Auburn, was appointed to the post last year by Gov. Paul LePage. The seat opened after Commissioner Jonathan LaBonte resigned to take the job of Auburn’s mayor.

Much of Bell’s year was spent dealing with the controversy over who would answer and dispatch Androscoggin County’s emergency calls. She became the dissenting vote when the other two commissioners supported a set of fees for served communities. Bell supported a full consolidation with Lewiston-Auburn 911.

Shostak, 56, had never held office. He campaigned as someone who would shake up the commission, calling it “completely dysfunctional.” He said the long dispatching controversy was an example of inaction of the current three-member commission.

If he wins, he plans to resign his job as a transportation officer for the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department.

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