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PEORIA — In the closest Peoria mayoral election in recent memory, Rita Ali has become the first Black person and the first woman to be elected to lead the city, winning by a 43-vote margin. Ali, 62, picked up just over 50% of the 16,554 voters to win the April 6 election, defeating 4th District Councilman Jim Montelongo, according to a final count released Tuesday afternoon by the Peoria County Election Commission. The results of that count are slated to be certified by Election Commission members Wednesday morning. Montelongo has said that he plans to seek a discovery recount once that ...

Supplied photos 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 al...

Supplied photos 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 a...

Originally published on April 14, 2021 4:09 pm Rita Ali now leads Jim Montelongo by 39 votes in the still-contested race to become Peoria's next mayor. The Peoria County Election Commission released its latest tabulation of mail-in ballots on Wednesday. The next update is Friday. The final count is set for April 20, with election certification scheduled for April 21. Montelongo sent a letter to the Peoria County State's Attorney's Office questioning the election commission's mail-in ballot procedures, but the commission's executive director, Tom Bride, defends how his office is conducting t...

Rita Ali's lead over Jim Montelongo grew to 35 votes in the latest tally of mail-in ballots, which are set to determine who becomes Peoria's next mayor.