Northampton Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra and challenger Jillian Duclos will square off in November’s general election. That’s after Sciarra and Duclos were the top two vote getters in Tuesday’s four-way preliminary.

According to unofficial totals from the City Clerk’s office, Sciarra finished with about 47% of the vote, to Duclos’ nearly 24%. Two other challengers, Dan Breindel and David Dombrowski were eliminated. Breindel with approximately 19% was about 300 votes behind Duclos. Dombrowski was a distant fourth, with 482 votes.

During an interview Tuesday night, Sciarra was enthusiastic about her showing. She said her background was one factor that led to her decisive victory.

"Being a councilor for eight years and being mayor for four years has, I think, helped me in this campaign," she

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