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NEW YORK (AP) - Democrat Fernando Ferrer has enough votes to officially win the mayoral primary and will face Republican Michael Bloomberg on Nov. 8, election officials said Monday.
After a week of uncertainty, Ferrer edged just past the 40 percent mark as elections workers worked through the weekend to count absentee and other uncounted votes cast in the Sept. 13 primary. The Board of Elections was to announce the results Monday afternoon, and certify Ferrer as the nominee Tuesday.
Second-place finisher Anthony Weiner already conceded the contest to Ferrer, but the question of a runoff had loomed over the race for days as the Board of Elections furiously worked to count thousands of paper ballots.
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