Jerusalem city councilmen Moshe Lion and Ofer Berkovitch will go head-to-head in a run-off race on November 14 after finishing first and second in the Jerusalem mayoral election for Jerusalem mayor. Neither candidate received the 40% of the vote needed to avoid a run-off. They both bested Ze'ev Elkin, the candidate endorsed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who also serves in his cabinet as Minister for Jerusalem Affairs.
Moshe Lion won 33.3% of the vote, Ofer Berkovitch took 28.8%, Ze'ev Elkin garnered 19.8%, deputy mayor Yossi Daitch earned 17.2% and Avi Salman, 0.8%. In other elections, Haifa elected its first female mayor, city councilwoman Dr. Einat Kalisch Rotem, defeating long-term incumbent Yonah Yahav, and Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai easily won a sixth term in office.
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