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Recount Confirms Adam Alharbi Wins Hamtramck Mayor’s Race by 11 Votes

A court fight over 37 absentee ballots with a broken chain of custody now threatens to prolong the dispute.

Hamtramck City Hall in Hamtramck, Michigan.
The contentious race for Hamtramck mayor faces new complications as both candidates pursue legal action and a recount looms, weeks after Election Day produced one of the closest margins in the city’s history.

Overview

  • A Wayne County Board of Canvassers hand recount tallied 2,071 votes for Adam Alharbi and 2,060 for Muhith Mahmood.
  • County canvassers previously certified a six-vote margin after a 2–2 split kept 37 discovered absentee ballots out of the totals.
  • The 37 ballots were found the day after the election opened but still in envelopes, and Clerk Rana Faraj reported a custody breach before being placed on leave.
  • Mahmood has sued the city and county canvassers to include the 37 ballots or allow those voters to cast new ballots.
  • The mayoral transition is scheduled for Jan. 1 as legal challenges and related reviews continue.