Reed Gusciora and Paul Perez tonight made the mayoral runoff election in Trenton, edging Mercer County Deputy Clerk Walker Worthy.

It was close.

Pins and needles all night.

But Walker finally conceded.

“The establishment – such as it is – is going to coalesce around Reed Gusciora and he will be the next mayor of Trenton,” Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes told InsiderNJ.

Unofficially, there was a two percent difference between Worthy and Gusciora for second place behind Perez, who was also in the 2014 runoff, losing to Eric Jackson.

Perez beat Gusciora by about 500 votes.

Darren Green proved the spoiler in the contest, according to Trenton war room drift.

Reed Gusciora 1,833 votes, 20.76%
Walker Worthy, Jr. 1,637, 18.54%
Darren “Freedom” Green 1,306, 14.79%
Paul Perez 2,536, 28.73%
Annette Horton-Lartigue 235, 2.66%
Duncan Harrison, Jr. 704, 7.97%
Alex Bethea 560, 6.34

Jerell Blakely, Santiago Rodriguez and Rachel Cogsville Latimer are the new at-large council people.

All the Trenton wards have runoff elections:

East Ward

Elmer Sandoval 320, 20.46%
Joseph A. Harrison 448, 28.64%
Taiwanda Terry-Wilson 493, 31.52%
Perry Shaw III 302, 19.31%

Council North Ward

Algernon Ward, Jr. 630, 33.73%
Eboni Love 367, 19.65%
Marge Caldwell-Wilson 871, 46.63%

South Ward

Damian Malave 400, 30.79%
Jenna Kettenburg 294, 22.63%
George Muscal 604, 46.50%

West Ward

Robin Vaughn 1,277, 38.69%
Dr. Shirley Gaines 857, 25.96%
Zachary Chester 867, 26.26%
Atalaya Armstrong 294, 8.91%