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UPDATED 8:30 P.M. | Rita Ali leads Jim Montelongo by 43 votes in the race to become Peoria s next mayor after the final tally of mail-in ballots postmarked on or before April 6.
Ali added two votes to her tally over Montelongo following the final count on Tuesday. The Peoria County Election Commission scheduled the final canvass for Wednesday.
“I m really pleased that we’re not looking at a one, or two, or three-vote difference; I’ve been in that situation before,” said Ali, referencing her 2017 one-vote loss to Dennis Cyr for the District 5 City Council seat. “I’m pleased that it s that much of a difference and I m looking very forward to serving as Peoria s mayor.”
Originally published on April 20, 2021 8:35 pm
UPDATED 8:30 P.M. | Rita Ali leads Jim Montelongo by 43 votes in the race to become Peoria s next mayor after the final tally of mail-in ballots postmarked on or before April 6.
Ali added two votes to her tally over Montelongo following the final count on Tuesday. The Peoria County Election Commission scheduled the final canvass for Wednesday.
“I m really pleased that we’re not looking at a one, or two, or three-vote difference; I’ve been in that situation before,” said Ali, referencing her 2017 one-vote loss to Dennis Cyr for the District 5 City Council seat. “I’m pleased that it s that much of a difference and I m looking very forward to serving as Peoria s mayor.”
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Rita Ali s lead in the race for mayor of Peoria is a couple votes wider in the latest results from the Peoria County Election Commission.
Ali s margin over Jim Montelongo increased from 39 to 41 as she earned both votes added Friday in the latest tabulation of vote-by-mail ballots. The final count is set for Monday, with election certification scheduled for Tuesday.
The tight contest has Ali with 8,238 votes (50.1%) to 8,197 for Montelongo (49.9%). Montelongo got 54.4% of the more than 10,300 votes cast on Election Day, while Ali fared significantly better in early voting along with the vote-by-mail results.
Montelongo held a lead of 73 votes after counting finished on Election Night. But Ali moved ahead in the first update as mail-in ballots postmarked on or before April 6 were processed, and has pulled further in front with each subsequent update.
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Rita Ali s lead in the race for mayor of Peoria is a couple votes wider in the latest results from the Peoria County Election Commission.
Ali s margin over Jim Montelongo increased from 39 to 41 as she earned both votes added Friday in the latest tabulation of vote-by-mail ballots. The final count is set for Monday, with election certification scheduled for Tuesday.
The tight contest has Ali with 8,238 votes (50.1%) to 8,197 for Montelongo (49.9%). Montelongo got 54.4% of the more than 10,300 votes cast on Election Day, while Ali fared significantly better in early voting along with the vote-by-mail results.
Montelongo held a lead of 73 votes after counting finished on Election Night. But Ali moved ahead in the first update as mail-in ballots postmarked on or before April 6 were processed, and has pulled further in front with each subsequent update.