Tuesday night, Mobile elected a new mayor for the first time since 2013.

Spiro Cheriogotis, a former prosecutor and district judge, defeated State Rep. Barbara Drummond (D-Mobile) in a runoff election that marked the end of the city’s most competitive mayoral race in recent history.

Drummond won the August 26th general election with 33.7% of the vote, but Cheriogotis turned the tables on Tuesday night, ascending to Mobile’s highest office with the backing of three-term incumbent Sandy Stimpson.

With 95% of precincts reporting, Cheriogotis holds a lead of 24,714 votes to 23,370 over Drummond, or 51.40% to 48.60%.

Although technical glitches at multiple polling locations caused voters to cast more provisional ballots than usual, the Cheriogotis campaign claimed victory.

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