With 100% of the precincts reporting, Glenn “Kane” Jacobs has won the Republican nomination for mayor of Knox County, Tennessee... by 17 votes.

Jacobs camp is declaring victory, which would move him toward a general election showdown with Democratic nominee Linda Haney:

BREAKING: The campaign manager for Glenn Jacobs runs outside the election commission yelling that Jacobs has won the Knox County Mayor's race. Jacobs: 14,633 votes

Andres: 14,616 votes

100% precincts reporting. 17 votes separating the two pic.twitter.com/hl8iRRsMV0 — Marc Sallinger (@MarcWBIR) May 2, 2018

Glenn, along with his family, volunteers and supporters declare victory in a hard-fought Knox County Mayoral race this evening. Together we won! Tomorrow, we move forward. — Glenn Jacobs (@GlennJacobsTN) May 2, 2018

Thanks to everyone who helped win this historic victory!! The people who cast a ballot for me, my great team, my wonderful volunteers. Looking forward to VICTORY in the general election! — Glenn Jacobs (@GlennJacobsTN) May 2, 2018

But, as seems fitting for a race led by a man who brought Daniel Bryan, Ric Flair and his own demonic alter ego (and his undead mortician brother) in for fundraisers, officials are still conferring!

Per tweets from WATE 6, Knoxville’s ABC affiliate:

“With all precincts reporting, Glenn Jacobs has won the GOP nomination for Knox County mayor. Still a few provisional ballots, so results won’t be official until next week. The Knox County Election Commission says there are 43 provisional ballots that may or may not be valid. The winner will go on to face Linda Haney in the general election. 38 of them had no record of registration, 4 had no photo ID, and 1 voted by paper ballot due to an issue with the electronic system. The provisional ballots will be counted on Thursday.”

Provided Jacobs holds onto his lead after the provisional ballots are addressed, he’ll be favored in the general election in predominantly Republican Knox County.