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PORTLAND, Maine -- Through 14 rounds of "instant runoffs" Wednesday, Michael Brennan extended the lead he built on Election Day and was unofficially named the first publicly elected Portland mayor since 1923.
"We have a rarity of being part of history in the state of Maine," Brennan told a room full of opponents, members of the public and reporters just moments after the results were announced. "This is a new voting process in the city of Portland. I am truly blessed and humbled by this process, and I look forward to starting the work of being the next mayor of Portland."See the full content of this document
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Fellow former state senator Ethan Strimling and current City Council-appointed mayor Nicholas Mavodones failed to leapfrog into the top position as the city conducted its first ranked choice election....
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