By Catherine Pugh
Special to the AFRO
The Baltimore City Board of elections updated its election results as mail-in ballots were being counted. As of Thursday night leads in city races expanded and decreased. A total of 79,159 votes have been cast in Baltimore City’s election. The totals include early voting numbers 13,451, Election day numbers of 39,641 and mail-in-ballots of 26,067.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott pulled further ahead of his closest opponent former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon by 8,898 votes, earning a total of 51.42 percent with a total of 40,700 votes. Dixon took 40.17 percent with a total vote count of 31,802.
In West Baltimore’s District 8, Paris Gray, who was endorsed by outgoing Councilman Burnett, pulled ahead by 142 votes earning 2,343 votes to his nearest opponent Bilal Ali , whose vote count totals 2,201.
In the 11th District of Baltimore City, incumbent Eric Costello held a 25-vote lead on May 14. The mail-in votes gave him a total vote count of 2,901 in the Democratic primary, while his fellow Democrat, Zac Blanchard, earned a total vote count of 2,814.
In the 12th District incumbent Robert Stokes is 211 votes behind his challenger Jermaine Jones. Stokes’ vote count is 2,010 to Jones’ 2,221.
Vote counts are still listed as unofficial on the Baltimore City Board of Elections website.
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