People in Hamtramck finally know the official winner of their extremely close Mayoral race. The Board of Canvassers, facing a deadline of today to certify the election results, announced businessman Adam Alharbi narrowly beat City Councilman Muhith Mahmood by just six votes.

Ahead of today's certification, just 11 votes separate the two. On Friday, the Wayne County election officials rejected dozens of absentee ballots discovered in the city clerk's office after the election.

Both candidates felt very confident about their chances of winning heading into today. But there was still lots of uncertainty nearly two weeks after the election ended. Even though the margin sat at 11 votes, dozens of absentee ballots still needed to be counted, which could have swung the election either way.

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