As Mail-In/Provisional Ballots continue to be counted, incumbent Marc Elrich has taken the lead over David Blair in the Democratic primary for Montgomery County Executive.
As of the latest update at 11:10pm on Friday night, Marc Elrich (35,300, 39.30%) holds a lead of 296 votes over David Blair (35,004, 38.97%). David Blair led by 1,191 votes when early voting and Election Day votes were tallied, but has received 6,043 mail-in/provisional ballot votes compared to 7,530 for Marc Elrich. Marc Elrich defeated David Blair by just 77 votes in 2018.
Approximately 115,000 mail-in ballots were sent to voters in Montgomery County. According the State Board of Elections, there were 25,453 Democratic mail-in ballots received by the county. A final result could take days due to how close the race is and the amount of ballots left to count.