City Council President Brandon Scott is in prime position to become Baltimore’s next mayor.

Following a week of mail-in ballot counting, Scott was declared the winner of the mayoral Democratic primary on Tuesday, per the AP.

With the nomination, Scott advances to the general election in November, where he will face the winner of the Republican primary — where Shannon Wright is currently leading — and businessman Bob Wallace, who is running as an independent. With Democrats holding a huge advantage among registered voters in Baltimore, winning the primary typically clears the path to victory.

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