Saturday, July 23, 2022

Marc Elrich overtakes David Blair in Montgomery County Executive race as vote counting continues


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.

11 comments:

  1. I am so done with Elrich. I hope Blair gets more “magic” mail-ins. Elrich is the worst.

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  2. Agree Blair is Better

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  3. It’s always those “mail in votes”

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  4. He made my wife and I leave Montgomery county as retires.

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    1. "Can't go back to Rockville" LOL!

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  5. Elrich was the only candidate with a record of supporting residents’ interests in regulating untested 5g cell towers in residential neighborhoods. 5700 residents signed a petition objecting to the new regulation that changed the setoff from 300 feet to 30 feet or less from our homes.

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  6. Yep, there’s a L O N G history in this country of rich dudes making things better for others. Here’s hoping USPS continues to deliver the good news.

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  7. Perhaps if David looses to socialist elrich he should throw his votes towards sully Sullivan and get elrich the Marxist out takoma park seems to govern montg do

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    1. Takoma Park? Go cut some trees down first…

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  8. Elrich is Stalinist in words, deeds and mannerisms. Should he win you might as well consider the death knell for this “degeneracy” the County has become. The schools are trash, the business climate is as well and once MCPS collapses under the leadership of Monifa…I don’t think it will be long before real estate prices start to crater.

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  9. Elrich is terrible. I can’t believe this is even close. This county is a joke

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