Mahmood plans recount over Alharbi's 11-vote win for mayor in scandal-ridden Hamtramck

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Hamtramck — City Council member Muhith Mahmood vowed Wednesday to challenge political neophyte Adam Alharbi's 11-vote victory Tuesday in a hotly contested race to be the new mayor of a city scarred by controversy and scandal.

Alharbi won 44.5% of the vote (2,009 votes) to Mahmood's 44.3% (1,998 votes) in a bid to replace Mayor Amer Ghalib in the multiethnic enclave of Detroit.

Mahmood said Wednesday he would call for a recount. He said there appeared to be an issue in one of the city's five precincts where the initial count and the final result did not match. He also said there may be instances in which voters' signatures were missing from their documentation.

"We're holding out hope strongly," said Mahmood, an immigrant from Bangladesh. "We're looking in every corner."



https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/11/04/adam-alharbi-wins-squeaks-mayor-muhith-mahmood-blasey-mayor-scandal-ridden-hamtramck/87071950007/

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1. No matter who, that should be recounted.