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An election for mayor of the City of Lancaster in Pennsylvania was held on November 3 2009. Incumbent Mayor Rick Gray a Democrat defeated challenger Charles W. Charlie Smithgall a Republican by 313 votes out of 7261 cast. [1]Gray announced his intention to seek a second term as mayor on December 17 2008. Former two-term mayor Charles W. Charlie Smithgall who had initially declined to run won the Republican primary by write-in vote by supporters.
