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Information from the city clerk's office shows that Yarber captured 53.7 percent of more than 38,000 ballots submitted to Lumumba's 46 percent. Overall turnout was also higher in last night's runoff than in the April 8 election, with an additional 2,237 people participating; Yarber's margin of victory was 2,424 more votes over Lumumba.

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"Tony won!" exclaimed a man to a small, growing crowd outside one of the main ballrooms at the King Edward Hotel on Tuesday night.

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