Preliminary results coming in from polling centers across Bong County show that five incumbent lawmakers will lose their seats. Rep. Mulbah could not repeat the overwhelming votes he secured in 2011, when he earned 89.2 percent of the votes. He was one of three lawmakers from Bong County attempting to return to the Capitol for a third term. It was a tight race between former Bong County superintendent Selena Polson-Mappy of the Coalition of Liberia’s Progress and Independent candidate Moima Briggs-Mensah. The poor performance of incumbent lawmakers from Bong County reaped decisive blow to themselves at the ballot and serves as a warning for other incumbents.

Source: Daily Observer October 16, 2017 02:26 UTC