Abuzuaiter, Perkins advance in Greensboro mayoral primary to November election; Greensboro city council race fields narrow

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — The matchup is set for next month's mayoral race in Greensboro.

Polls closed at 7:30 p.m. after a round of early voting culminating in Tuesday's primary. Four candidates had declared their intention to run: Greensboro Councilwoman Marikay Abuzuaiter, businessman Richard Beard, Akir Khan and former Greensboro Mayor Robbie Perkins.

Sitting Mayor Nancy Vaughn declined to run again after over a decade in the office.

In a municipal primary, the top two vote-getters will advance unless there are more than two candidates to be voted for in a given race. The Greensboro City Council's At-Large race will have multiple candidates advancing, for instance. In the case of any race with more than two candidates, two will advance from the primary.

On Tuesday, the race was cal