 It was Nolan's second victory over Mills, who unsuccessfully challenged Nolan in the 2014 election.Though Nolan's margin of victory in 2016 (2,009 votes) was too large to trigger a publicly funded automatic recount, Mills, as of late November 2016, has said that he plans to request and pay for a hand recount of all votes cast in the eighth district, as is his right under law.Mills plans to cover the cost of the recount—just over $100,000— himself.