Mayoral Election Helps Georgian President - NYTimes.com

Mayoral Election Helps Georgian President - NYTimes.com: "With 95 percent of precincts tallied on Monday evening, Tbilisi’s incumbent mayor, Gigi Ugulava, a close ally of the president’s, had won about 55 percent of the vote. One of Mr. Saakashvili’s prominent critics, Irakli Alasania, trailed with around 20 percent, according to the Central Election Commission."