Five days worth of Mail-in ballots have been counted in the Democratic primary for Montgomery County Executive, and in the latest update by the Maryland State Board of Elections (7:51pm, 7/27), David Blair (44,722) leads incumbent Marc Elrich (44,577) by 145 votes.
David Blair led by 1,191 votes when early voting and Election Day votes were tallied. Elrich took the lead early on during the canvassing of mail-in votes, but Blair closed the gap and eventually reclaimed the lead. Overall, Blair has received 15,368 mail-in/provisional ballot votes compared to 16,549 for Marc Elrich. Marc Elrich defeated David Blair by just 77 votes in the 2018 Democratic Primary.
Tabulated mail-in canvass #:
Day 1: 4,796 ballots
Day 2: 14,782 ballots
Day 3: 10,640 ballots
Day 4: 11,175 ballots
Day 5: 6,266 ballots
TOTAL: 47,659
Provisional ballots started being canvassed on Wednesday, July 27. The next canvass will take place on Friday, July 29, 10AM. All canvass sessions, which are open to the public, will begin at 10 a.m. and will be held at Montgomery College Germantown Campus at 20200 Observation Drive, BE 151/152, Germantown, Maryland 20876. The canvassing schedule can be seen here.
Election results, from the State Board of Elections, can be seen here.