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The city Board of Elections certified the results of a tightly contested Brooklyn Republican City Council primary Tuesday — and maintains that it had no choice but to count the ballots cast in the names of multiple dead people and at least one living person who did not vote.

MAGA candidate George Sarantopoulous edged out a 16-vote win against county Republican party chair Richie Barsamian in the primary to replace term-limited Councilmember

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