Delegate McKay in the lead for state Senate seat; incumbents on top in House of Delegates races

The race on the Republican ballot to take over a state Senate seat from a retiring lawmaker is separated by just over 1,600 votes. Meanwhile, one of the incumbents for a state delegate district representing half of Washington County and an incumbent delegate representing Hagerstown are poised to move on to the general election.

Here are the unofficial primary election results from state Senate District 1, House of Delegates District 2A and House of Delegates District 2B.

The results include votes cast on Tuesday, as well as early voting. However, there were just under 8,000 mail-in ballots sent out ahead of the primary, and just over 5,000 were received by Election Day. Any ballot postmarked by that day and received before 10 a.m. July 29 will be counted.

The Washington County Board of Elections will count the mail-in votes starting Thursday.

Del. Mike McKay on top in race to be state senator

Del. Mike McKay has a 1,637-vote lead in the Republican primary for State Senate District 1 over Allegany County Commissioners President Jake Shade. McKay could face Democrat Michael Dreisbach in November. Incumbent George Edwards didn't run for re-election. The district includes all of Garrett and Allegany counties and part of Washington County.

Del. William Wivell on top, William Valentine next closest in redrawn District 2A

Del. William Wivell has the lead in the Republican primary for Maryland's two District 2A seats with 42% of the vote and a 2,152-vote lead over William Valentine of Emmitsburg, Md. Valentine had 2,625 votes compared to Seth Edward Wilson with 1,962 votes and Bradley Belmont with 1,934. The district includes parts of Washington and Frederick counties after it was redrawn as part of the state's redistricting.

There were no Democrats on the ballot.

Del. Brenda Thiam, Brooke Grossman lead in House of Delegates District 2B race

In the race for Maryland House of Delegates Seat 2B, incumbent Del. Brenda Thiam has 54.37% of the Republican votes with all 15 precincts plus early voting reporting, while challenger Thomas Stolz had 45.63%. That's a 121-vote lead. In the Democratic primary, Brooke Grossman is leading Ladetra Robinson with 59.42% of the votes or 195 votes.

This article originally appeared on The Herald-Mail: Maryland election results in for state Senate, delegates seats