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Indio City Council race changes lead again

Indio-native Waymond Fermon regains the lead in the race for Indio City Council District 2.

In the latest update from the Riverside County Registrar of Voters, as of 5 p.m. Monday, Fermond leads Indio Mayor Mike Wilson by five votes.

Out of the current votes counted, Fermon has 935 (50.13%) votes, while Wilson has 930 (49.87%) votes.

On Saturday, Wilson held the lead in the race by 18 votes, but on Friday, Fermon was leading the race by one vote. Coming out of election day Tuesday, Wilson was leading the race by three votes.

Watch: Fermon speaks on close race

No winner has been declared yet. According to the County Registrar, approximately 132,000 vote-by-mail and 45,000 provisional, and 50,000 ballots postmarked on or before Election Day still need to be processed.

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