Despite his first-place finish in the primary, Newberger found himself in third Tuesday night, with a number of mail-in ballots remaining to be counted. He was hopeful mail-in ballots would boost his standing in the race.
The number of mail-in ballots this election cycle, which appears poised to exceed 30,000, marks a sharp change in voting preferences for county residents. During the last gubernatorial general election in 2018, only 6,759 absentee ballots were cast in Howard County.
Howard County Board of Elections Director Guy Mickley said voting got off to a smooth start in the county Tuesday morning, other than a few ballot-marking devices that needed to be fixed.
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