Recount confirms Pittsfield mayor

PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) - A recount has confirmed that incumbent James Ruberto won Pittsfield's mayoral election.

Ruberto's margin of victory was virtually unchanged after all 13,215 ballots cast in the Nov. 3 election were recounted by hand on Wednesday.

Challenger Daniel Bianchi had a net gain of two votes as Ruberto won the recount 6,662 to 6,455.

The original results had Ruberto winning 6,658 to 6,449 in one of the closest mayoral elections in city history.

Ruberto tells The Berkshire Eagle that he was confident the recount would uphold him as the victor.

Bianchi had filed a recount claiming irregularities in how the city's electronic voting machines tabulated the votes.