Incumbent Marc Elrich has maintained the lead he gained over David Blair from the counting of the Mail-In/Provisional Ballots in the Democratic primary for Montgomery County Executive. As of the latest update at 9:01pm on Saturday night, Marc Elrich (38,859, 39.36%) holds a lead of 276 votes over David Blair (38,583, 39.08%). David Blair led by 1,191 votes when early voting and Election Day votes were tallied, but has received 9,622 mail-in/provisional ballot votes compared to 11,089 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 when polls closed. All ballot drop off boxes were also locked shut on Tuesday at 8pm. Ballots are still coming in via the mail and will be counted as long as the envelope was postmarked by July 19 and arrives by July 29. A final result could take days due to how close the race is and the amount of ballots left to count.
Unofficial 2022 Gubernatorial Primary Election Results for Montgomery County, per the state of Maryland.