Recount affirms winner of contested Hamtramck mayoral race
Detroit — A hand recount of ballots on Tuesday affirmed the winner of Hamtramck's tightly contested mayoral race with Adam Alharbi beating challenger Muhith Mahmood by 11 votes.
Just six votes originally separated winner Alharbi from challenger Mahmood in the Nov. 4 general election. But Tuesday's recount found Alharbi beat Mahmood by 11 votes, 2,071 to 2,060. Mahmood, a Hamtramck City Councilman, paid for the hand recount of ballots.
Wayne County election workers spent nearly all day Tuesday recounting the ballots. The new results were approved by the Wayne County Board of Canvassers Tuesday afternoon.
The next mayor of Hamtramck, a city of 28,000, is scheduled to take office January 1.
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