The very close race between Shannon Braddock and Lisa Herbold for Seattle City Council’s District 1 won't be certified until Dec. 7.

In the interim a hand recount is being conducted since the margin between the two candidates came down to just 39 votes.

A hand recount is required in Washington State when candidates are separated by fewer than 150 votes and less than 0.25 percent. The recount is set to begin Dec. 3.

Herbold got 12,459 votes. Braddock got 12,420. There were 164 write-in votes.