Mayoral contender clings to second-place standing
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The counting continues in the City Council race.
Vice Mayor Jimmy Delshad ran a highly publicized bid to become the city’s first Iranian-born mayor and to hang on to his council seat, but officials won’t know the outcome of the close race until they finish counting the ballots Wednesday.
As of Friday, Nancy Krasne had 2,679 votes, the most among the six candidates for two council seats. Delshad had 2,443 votes and Steve Webb, 2,357.
Roughly 550 of the 892 provisional and absentee ballots left to be processed after Tuesday’s balloting have been counted, said City Clerk Byron Pope.
The top two finishers gain seats on the five-member council. The most senior member of the council -- Delshad, if he is reelected -- will become mayor March 20.
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