As first phase of mail-in ballot count ends, County Council president has narrow lead
Jul. 25—Frederick County election officials finished their first count of mail-in ballots on Saturday, with changes in several key races, including an incumbent who is just 14 votes ahead of her challenger, according to unofficial results.
The race between Frederick County Council President M.C. Keegan-Ayer and challenger Jazmin Di Cola for the Democratic nomination in District 3 is the closest. Though Di Cola was ahead by about 300 votes after early voting and Primary Election Day ballots were counted, Keegan-Ayer caught up and edged past her over three days of mail-in ballot canvassing.
The latest totals show Keegan-Ayer with 1,827 votes and Di Cola with 1,813.
Neither Keegan-Ayer nor Di Cola could be reached for comment Sunday afternoon.
Meanwhile, incumbent Liz Barrett is poised to advance in the race for the Frederick County Board of Education. Eight of the candidates in the primary will compete for four seats in the November general election.
Results from early voting and election-day ballots had Barrett finishing ninth, but she is now comfortably in seventh. The latest totals have Barrett with 9,866 votes, 272 ahead of Olivia Angolia, who is in eighth.
"I am happy and grateful to all the voters," Barrett said Sunday. "I'm definitely looking forward to seeing the additional results."
Mark Joannides, who is running on the conservative Education Not Indoctrination slate along with Angolia, Nancy Allen and Cindy Rose, is now in ninth place. He is 443 votes behind Angolia.
Joannides could not be reached for comment Sunday.
Eighteen-year-old Mason Carter is still leading County Councilman Michael Blue in the race for the District 5 council seat, according to the latest figures after Saturday's count. Carter has 2,713 votes, and Blue has 2,274.
The race for the Democratic nomination for Frederick County Executive appears all but finished, with County Councilwoman Jessica Fitzwater about 5,300 votes ahead of Councilman Kai Hagen, who remains in second place. Hagen conceded to Fitzwater last week.
On Wednesday, election officials will review about 1,000 provisional ballots, Frederick County Election Director Barbara Wagner wrote in an email on Saturday.
Voters fill out provisional ballots at the polls when there is a question about their eligibility or registration. The ballots are reviewed later, and election officials decide whether to count them.
Then, on Friday, officials will count the remaining mail-in ballots, which will include those received after Primary Election Day. Officials are set to certify the election that day, too.
Here are the latest vote totals, including the first round of the mail-in count (with provisional ballots and the final mail-in count still to come).
GOVERNOR
(Frederick County results only)
Republicans
Dan Cox: 10,351
Kelly Schulz: 8,599
Robin Ficker: 352
Joe Werner: 195
Democrats
Tom Perez: 6,298
Wes Moore: 4,636
Peter Franchot: 3,512
John King: 1,053
Doug Gansler: 1,013
Ashwani Jain: 705
Rushern Baker (withdrew from race): 660
Jon Baron: 580
Jerome Segal: 172
Ralph Jaffe: 121
COMPTROLLER
(Frederick County results only)
Republican
Barry Glassman: 15,063
Democrats
Brooke Lierman: 13,598
Tim Adams: 3,853
Attorney general
(Frederick County results only)
Republicans
Michael Peroutka: 8,407
Jim Shalleck: 7,141
Democrats
Katie Curran O'Malley: 10,077
Anthony Brown: 8,147
U.S. SENATOR
(Frederick County results only)
Republicans
Chris Chaffee: 2,960
John Thormann: 2,529
Lorie Friend: 2,248
Joseph Perez: 1,971
George Davis: 1,164
Jon McGreevey: 1,083
James Tarantin: 1,030
Reba Hawkins: 1,019
Todd Puglisi: 896
Nnabu Eze: 723
Democrats
Chris Van Hollen: 15,225
Michelle Smith: 3,292
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE , DISTRICT 6
(Frederick County results only)
Republicans
Neil Parrott: 9,717
Matthew Foldi: 3,108
Mariela Roca: 2,046
Colt Black: 1,860
Jonathan Jenkins: 1,302
Robert Poissonnier: 116
Democrats
David Trone: 14,275
Ben Smilowitz: 3,074
George Gluck: 907
State senator, District 2 (Frederick County results only)
Republican
Paul Corderman: 1,083
Democrat
Shawn Demetrious Perry: 496
STATE SENATOR, DISTRICT 3
Republicans
Angela Ariel McIntosh: 3,756
Democrats
Karen Lewis Young: 6,371
Jay Mason: 2,613
State senator, District 4
Republicans
William "Bill" Folden: 8,514
Stephen Barrett: 3,261
Democrats
Carleah Summers: 6,831
STATE SENATOR, DISTRICT 5 (Frederick County results only)
Republican
Justin Ready: 270
Democrats
none
HOUSE OF DELEGATES, DISTRICT 2A (Two seats)
(Frederick County results only)
Republican
William Valentine: 922
William Wivell: 762
Bradley Belmont: 317
Seth Edward Wilson: 216
Democrats
none
HOUSE OF DELEGATES, DISTRICT 3 (Three seats)
Republicans
Justin Wages: 3,502
Kathy Diener: 3,420
Democrats
Ken Kerr: 4,406
Kris Fair: 4,400
Karen Simpson: 3,510
Josh Bokee: 2,790
Tarolyn Thrasher: 2,714
William "Billy" Reid: 2,576
Stephen Slater: 1,886
HOUSE OF DELEGATES, DISTRICT 4 (Three seats)
Republicans
Jesse Pippy: 9,828
April Fleming Miller: 7,549
Barrie Ciliberti: 6,911
Heath Barnes: 5,007
Democrats
Andrew Duck: 6,246
Millicent Hall: 6,190
Brandon Duck: 5,731
HOUSE OF DELEGATES, DISTRICT 5 (Two seats)
(Frederick County results only)
Republicans
April Rose: 188
Christopher Eric Bouchat: 178
Chris Tomlinson: 156
Sallie Taylor: 67
Stephen Wantz: 47
Scott Willens: 43
Dennis Frazier: 42
Scott Jendrek: 32
Democrats
none
FREDERICK COUNTY EXECUTIVE
Republican
Michael Hough: 15,944
Democrats
Jessica Fitzwater: 10,639
Kai John Hagen: 5,312
Daryl Boffman: 2,417
FREDERICK COUNTY COUNCIL AT LARGE (Two seats)
Republicans
Philip Dacey: 11,622
Tony Chmelik: 8,723
Dylan Diggs: 7,906
Democrats
Brad Young: 13,960
Renee Knapp: 13,842
FREDERICK COUNTY COUNCIL, DISTRICT 1
Republicans
John Distell: 2,053
Bill Miskell: 1,742
Democrat
Jerry Donald: 3,465
FREDERICK COUNTY COUNCIL, DISTRICT 2
Republicans
Steven McKay: 2,112
Casie Chang: 1,676
Democrat
Lisa Jarosinski: 2,731
FREDERICK COUNTY COUNCIL, DISTRICT 3
Republican
Shelley Aloi: 1,582
Democrats
M.C. Keegan-Ayer: 1,827
Jazmin Di Cola: 1,813
FREDERICK COUNTY COUNCIL, DISTRICT 4
Republicans
John Fer: 873
Chaz Packan: 656
Steve Valentino: 550
Democrats
Kavonte Duckett: 1,633
Betty Law: 1,071
John Funderburk: 756
Nicholas Augustine: 449
FREDERICK COUNTY COUNCIL, DISTRICT 5
Republicans
Mason Carter: 2,713
Michael Blue: 2,274
Democrat
Julianna Lufkin: 2,014
FREDERICK COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE
Republican
Kathleen Diane English: 14,566
Democrat
Kathleen Diane English: 14,452
Frederick County state's attorney
Republican
Charlie Smith: 15,552
Democrat
none
FREDERICK COUNTY CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
Republican
Sandra Dalton: 15,414
Democrat
Megan LeRoux: 14,567
Frederick County register of wills
Republicans
Mary Rolle: 10,880
Nate Wilson: 5,300
Democrat
Chris Manners: 14,427
FREDERICK COUNTY JUDGE OF THE ORPHANS COURT (Three seats)
Republicans
Jimmy Trout: 12,972
Susan Wilson: 12,425
Wesley Gregory: 11,994
Democrats
Bonnie Nicholson: 13,201
Michael Powell: 12,418
Marvin Schwab: 11,729
FREDERICK COUNTY SHERIFF
Republican
Chuck Jenkins: 17,262
Democrats
Karl Bickel: 11,267
Daniel Thomas McDowell: 5,742
FREDERICK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION (Four seats; top eight advance to general election)
Karen Yoho: 15,665
Rae Gallagher: 14,622
Dean Rose: 14,343
Ysela Bravo: 13,391
Nancy Allen: 12,206
Cindy Rose: 11,290
Liz Barrett: 9,866
Oliva Angolia: 9,594
Mark Joannides: 9,151
David Brooks: 8,547
April Marie Montgomery: 5,389
Heather Michelle Fletcher: 5,113
Ashley Nieves: 4,453
Tiffany Noble: 3,719
Justi Thomas: 1,931
Rayna Remondini: 1,785
REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE (Vote for nine)
Jesse Pippy: 10,743
Dylan Diggs 7,988
Karen Dacey: 7,643
Colt Black: 7,275
Pamela Ciliberti: 7,174
Rebecca Chmelik: 7,145
Shelley Aloi: 6,222
Jason Miller: 5,593
Kelly McGuire: 5,057
Patricia "Patti" Price: 4,124
John Fer: 3,715
Kevin Buker: 3,591
James "Mr. Boomstick" Grose: 3,420
Rob Gossweiler: 3,165
Teresa Mena: 2,999
Kat Harper: 2,995
Connie Onspaugh: 2,641
Ralph Siegrist: 2,563
Cary Moorman: 2,138
DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE (Vote for 13)
Mari Lee: 10,587
Shelly Beaird-Francois: 10,194
Violet Williams: 10,028
Deb Reynolds: 9,575
Antonio Bowens: 9,425
Regan Riley: 9,390
Thomas Slater: 9,226
Josh Cramer: 8,597
McCamie DeArmon Patterson: 8,467
Thomas Jackson: 8,222
Glenn Edward Blanchard: 8,060
Robert Van Rens: 7,692
Alexander Dumm: 7,683
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