Incumbent Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich has, temporarily at least, moved ahead of challenger David Blair in the Democratic primary race, thanks to the second-day results from mail-in ballots. Blair had led in early voting and Election Day balloting, but Elrich gained and passed him as mail-in ballots were counted.
Updated numbers released by the Montgomery County Board of Elections at 11:00 PM last night show Elrich with 35,300 votes (39.30%) and Blair with 35,004 (38.97%). Whether the trend will continue is not possible to say. On the one hand, mail-in voters might favor Elrich, and he could maintain his new lead; on the other, the precincts counted might have simply been Elrich strongholds, to be overturned by Blair-won precincts as counting continues. Enough uncounted votes remain for either man to win at this point.
I'm guessing the race is over. Pandemic = more elderly people voting by mail. Elderly voters more likely to be NIMBY/anti-growth = outsized number of votes for Elrich. I hope I'm wrong.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it nice to live someplace where candidates accept the process will take a few days and nobody is crying fraud as a weak excuse why they lost? Yet.
ReplyDeleteWho deliver and counts the votes? Are they public union members?
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It’s not who casts the votes it’s who counts the votes! Elrich is a putz! And that’s the nicest thing to say about him.
ReplyDeleteRecount.
ReplyDelete"thanks to the second-day results from mail-in ballots."
ReplyDeleteWho'da thunk it?