D.C. mayoral primary lead held by Lewis George after two-thirds of first-choice votes counted

D.C. m. Tuesday. She had received 50,260 votes to Kenyan McDuffie's 34,816, a margin of roughly 16 percentage points.

Lewis George led in every ward except Ward 3. Two-thirds of the expected total ballots had been counted at that point. C. mayoral contest.

Under the system, a candidate needs more than 50 percent of first-choice votes to win outright. If no candidate reaches that threshold once all first-choice ballots are tallied, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated and those ballots are redistributed to voters' next choices. Mail-in ballots postmarked by June 16 will continue to be accepted through June 26.

D.C. Board of Elections said ranked-choice voting results will begin to be posted on June 21. D.C. Council member and democratic socialist, is seeking to succeed retiring Mayor Muriel Bowser.

D.C. Council member, told supporters Tuesday night that the fight would continue. "We're gonna let these votes get counted," McDuffie said. "We’re going to respect this process, but I want you all to know: The fight continues tomorrow and every single day after it.

With everybody here in this room behind me, we cannot go wrong. " CBS News reported Lewis George held a lead with 64 percent of ballots counted.