Presidential Vote Goes to Quito Mayor
From Times Wire Reports
Quito Mayor Jamil Mahuad has won the presidential runoff, election officials announced, confirming preliminary results that showed the Harvard graduate defeating a banana tycoon who alleged election fraud. Mahuad, who has a master’s degree in public administration from Harvard, received 51% of the vote in the July 12 election, compared with 49% for populist Alvaro Noboa, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal said Sunday.
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