The Associated Press declared City Council President Mary Sheffield as one of the two leading vote getters who will move on to the November 4 general election.

The top two vote-getters in the crowded mayoral race will face off in the general election this November, and the winner will be the first new mayor since Mike Duggan took office in 2014.

With 53% of the precincts reporting and with 52.4% of the vote (30,739 ballots cast in her favor), Sheffield finished the evening far ahead of a crowded field of nine candidates. Senior pastor Solomon Kinloch Jr. of Triumph Church came in second with 10,091 votes (17.2%), while former City Council president Saunteel Jenkins landed in third with 8,464 votes (14.4%).

With over half of the vote counted, Sheffield has secured her place on the Novemb

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