Rick Meehan has returned to his former position as mayor of Ocean City, Maryland.

After being elected to the City Council in 1985 and serving as City Council President for 14 years, Meehan took office as mayor in June 2006. Meehan was last challenged for his mayoral position in 2018 by former Councilman Joe Hall.

This year, Meehan faced off against Councilman Peter S. Buas. The race for mayor turned out to be very close. Meehan bested Buas by a total of just 192 votes, according to the city of Ocean City, which revealed unofficial results Tuesday night.

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“The mayor, along with newly elected councilors and sitting councilors, will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall on Thursday, November 7 for an organizational meeting,” the city said in a Press Release on November 5.

At the meeting, Council members — the newly elected Tony DeLuca, John Gehrig, Jake Mitrecic and Larry Yates — will elect a president and a secretary of the council, according to the statement.

Here’s a closer look at the results, as reported by Worcester County Board of Elections Chairwoman Mary Adeline Bradford, for the City of Ocean City’s 2024 municipal election:

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This article originally appeared in the Salisbury Daily Times: Ocean City Mayor Meehan wins another two-year term, city reports