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This spring featured a hotly contested election in Mount Vernon, where the city's youngest ever mayor, Richard Thomas, was trying to win a second term in office despite facing a criminal trial two weeks after the primary.

Once the vote was over, nobody could have predicted the unprecedented turn-of-events that has led to the so-far unanswered question: Who is the mayor of Mount Vernon?

Below is a timeline of those events.

June 25

In a four-way Democratic primary for mayor, Shawyn Patterson-Howard led incumbent Richard Thomas by 204 votes at the end of the night, with former police commissioner Clyde Isley further back and City Council President Andre Wallace in last.

July 1

Thomas sues the Westchester Board of Elections, alleging voter irregularities and demanding voter data that he contends might show that a new primary should be held.

July 3

Patterson-Howard's lead extends to 209 votes after absentee and affidavit Mount Vernon Mayor On 'The Road To Redemption' After Guilty ... BIPU