After a day of recounting ballots in the mayoral election, Mayor Paul Coogan retained his seat securing 5848 votes to challenger Gabriel "Boomer" Amaral's 5629 votes.

The rare recount of a mayoral election began shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 15, with challenger Amaral seeking to verify the results of the 2025 race against incumbent Mayor Paul Coogan. It ended at 3 p.m.

The recount took place in the atrium of Government Center, with the public invited to watch.

Tables were set up representing all nine city wards, where volunteers are set up to count ballots by hand in batches of 50.

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