YOUNGSTOWN — With all the votes counted, Youngstown Mayor Jamael Tito Brown’s victory in the Democratic primary grew a little — beating 3rd Ward Councilwoman Samantha Turner by 1.62%.

The Mahoning County Board of Elections on Monday certified the results of the May 6 primary with Brown picking up 21 additional votes — from those who voted provisionally and late-arriving absentee ballots — to 18 for Turner.

The official results saw Brown win by 64 votes: 2,010 to 1,946 for Turner, or 50.81% to 49.19%.

“Every little bit helps,” Brown said. “We’re very thankful to the voters who came out in the primary and we look forward to the general election. We continue to focus on the neighborhoods and the betterment of the city.”

Brown said he wasn’t concerned about the close primary results impacting him when he runs in the Nov. 4 general election.

“If the voter turnout was higher then we’d have to retool in the general,” he said of the close primary.

The countywide turnout was 9.44%.

Brown added: “Of course we look to get more of our voters out” in the general election.

Turner, who is serving her second term on council, hasn’t responded to requests to comment since losing the May 6 primary, including not responding to numerous calls and text messages Monday.

Before being elected mayor in 2017, after narrowly losing the 2013 Democratic primary for the position, Brown served as council president, 3rd Ward councilman and a member of the city school board.

Three independents filed by the May 5 deadline for Youngstown mayor: John White, Derrick McDowell and Aleesha Foster. The eligibility of at least White and Foster could be in question. The board has to certify independent candidates by July 15 though it expects to do it sooner.

The last independent to be elected mayor was Jay Williams in 2005.

No Republicans filed to run for mayor in this Democratic-controlled city.

In the Democratic primary for Youngstown council president, 6th Ward Councilwoman Anita Davis beat 4th Ward Councilman Mike Ray, 2,078 to 1,717, or 54.76% to 45.24%.

Richard Yaslik of Brunswick Road filed as an independent candidate for council president. He ran in 2023 as an independent for 5th Ward councilman against Democrat Pat Kelly. Yaslik got 32.9% of the vote in the two-man race.

Tracy Randall, the lone Republican to file for council president, was ruled ineligible by the board of elections because of a lack of valid signatures on her nominating petitions.