Two sitting city councilors-at-large, Moises Rodrigues and Jean Bradley Derenoncourt, are advancing to potentially become Brockton’s next mayor after Tuesday’s preliminary election.

Rodrigues came in first among the eight candidates in the open race, garnering 3,090 votes, according to unofficial results. Derenoncourt took home 2,522.

According to the Brockton Enterprise , Tuesday’s results mean the city is guaranteed to elect its first mayor of color in the Nov. 4 general election.

Current Mayor Robert Sullivan announced in March that he wouldn’t be running for reelection after five years in office and previously, 14 years on the City Council.

“I’ve said many, many times that the mayor’s position is not and should not be a lifetime job. It is time for me now to rejoin my family

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