CLEVELAND — One week after the November election, Cleveland voters still don't know the winner of the Ward 12 race between incumbent Councilman Danny Kelly and challenger Tanmay Shah. Election night ended with Shah leading the race by just seven votes.

"To be frank, I think my brain broke a little bit," Shah said.

"We weren't really prepared for this tight of a race and the recount process," Shah said. "So, honestly, kind of, my mind froze and we were like, 'What does this actually mean?'"

It means he and Kelly have to wait until the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections certifies the results on Nov. 25. That's when we'll learn how the outstanding ballots, about 50 in all, including provisional and uncounted vote-by-mail ballots, actually voted, even then, though the margin is still likely

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