The Republican County Council member declared victory Monday after receiving around 19,000 votes, more than 95% of ballots that had been counted so far in his district.
Election workers spent Thursday counting 11,200 ballots that include races for six state Senate races and nine House of Delegates races, in the first of several canvassing sessions that will stretch into next week.
Of the three candidate forums I attended – Herald Harbor forum in September, the Nov. 18 Anne Arundel county executive debate at Maryland Hall and a candidate forum in Pasadena the next night – the final event was the most “Kumbaya” of the three, perhaps due to its format.
With a week until Election Day and residents already voting early, Anne Arundel County Council and General Assembly incumbents have largely outpaced their opponents in fundraising, campaign finance reports show.
While many of the names on the ballot will be familiar to primary voters, a few new candidates conducting write-in campaigns will appear on the ballot including Democrat Scottie Griffin who is hoping to unseat Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Michael Gendel, a Democrat, who will be challenging Republican Nathan Volke who represents District 3 on the County Council in a last minute surprise for the candidate who has been running solo in the primary and the general for months.