Baltimore County Council District 5 Count Flips: McIntosh Leads Mangione by 311 Votes, About 27,000 Mail Ballots Still Left to Count Countywide
Towson — The closest Baltimore County Council race has flipped. Democrat Shawn McIntosh has moved ahead of Republican Councilman Nino Mangione in District 5 and now leads by 311 votes. No outlet has called the race, and these are unofficial totals.
The State Board of Elections page, last refreshed at 7:40 p.m. Sunday, shows McIntosh with 18,183 votes, or 47.33 percent, and Mangione with 17,872, or 46.52 percent. Mail-in ballots have made the difference. McIntosh has 4,949 of them to Mangione's 2,154. Mangione led by more than 1,200 votes on election night and by 190 as recently as Saturday morning.
Countywide, County Election Director Ruie Lavoie told WMAR-2 News on Monday that about 27,000 mail-in ballots were left to count, including roughly 9,000 being canvassed that day at the Board of Elections headquarters in Owings Mills. Bipartisan teams review each ballot before it goes through a scanner, and campaign watchers have been on hand into the night. Lavoie said the goal is still to certify the election on Friday, November 13, the date set in state law.
Two eastern county races are also close. In District 8, Republican Josh Sines led Democrat Sharonda Dillard-Huffman by about 1,800 votes, and in District 9, Republican Tim Fazenbaker led Democrat Arkia Wade. This is the first election for the expanded nine-member council, up from seven. Provisional ballots will be counted on Thursday, November 12, before certification, and new council members take office in December.
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