Eastcountytimes.com has.projected that District 7 Republican Sen. J.B. Jennings defeated Democrat Bill Geibler and Democratic Sen. Carl Jackson defeated Republican challenger Yaku Blackwell in District 8.
The District 6 race between Republican state Senator Johnny Ray Salling and Democrat Justin Holliday is too close to call. Salling is up by just over 3,000 votes (16 633-13,606). Some mail-in ballots are counted but it is unknown how many remain uncounted.
All incumbent House of Delegates members in eastern Baltimore County appear on the verge of reelection.
Republicans Bob Long (15,672) , Ric Metzgar (14,878) and Robin Grammer (14,708) are leading Democrats Megan Mioduszewski (11,728) Artus Huffman (11,116) and Rayneika Robinson (11,043).
Ryan Nawrocki (15,802) and Kathy Szeliga (15,420) appear on their way to reelection as the Republican delegates in District 7A are leading Democrats Satish Chapagain (10,462( and Ly Xīnzhèn Brown (10,175).
District 8 Democratic Delegates Nick Allen, Harry Bhandari and Kim Ross have been projected as winners. The trio has 9,000 to 10,000 vote lead over Republican candidates Brian Campbell, Glen Geelhaar and Steve Riemer.
Again it is unknown how many mail-in ballots need to be counted in these districts. A high percentage of mail-in ballot voters have casted votes for Democratic candidates in past elections.
It appears the House Republicans in District 6 and District 7A have a large margin of votes to hold on, but still aren’t declared winners yet.
Marks, Ertel win reelection; new eastside council seats too close to call
Eastcountytimes.com is projecting 6th District Democratic Councilman Mike Ertel and Republican Councilman David Marks as winners in their respective districts.
Ertel defeated Republican Christine Vondersmith and Marks has defeated Democrat Cari Santiago in the new District 7.
As expected, the two vacant seats in the new Council Districts 8 & 9 are too close to call.
Republican Josh Sines is leading Democrat Shronda Dillard-Huffman 13,886 to 11,824 votes in the new District 8 with all 26 precincts, early voting and some mail-ballots reporting. There are still more mail-in ballots not counted.
Republican Tim Fazenbaker has a 11,094 to 10,020 votes lead over Arkia Wade in the new 9th Council District with all 33 local precincts counted and some mail-ballots.
One wildcard in this race is unaffiliated candidate Donna Sekora. She picked up 6.85 percent of the vote. (1,556 votes)
These races are far from over too as mail-ballots need to be counted. It could take a week or two to determine the winners of District 8 and 9.
McNish upsets two-term school board member McMillion
Not all incumbents in eastern Baltimore County are going back to work. Stacy McFish upset two-term school board member Rod McMillion in District 7.