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Frank Padavan’s vote count over Democratic challenger Jim Gennaro is up to 500 votes, according to Democratic spokesman Austin Shafran. During an earlier stage of the hand recount, Padavan’s margin had dipped down to 474 votes. So, it's roughly where it was shortly after the hand count got underway last week.