With about 85% of the votes counted, Prince George’s County Council Chair Jolene Ivey is maintaining her strong lead since Tuesday’s special primary election in the race for a vacant at-large council seat.
According to unofficial results Friday, Ivey had received 28,723 of the 60,340 tallied in the Democratic primary, or nearly 48%. That’s more than 10,000 votes ahead of the second-place Democrat, Bowie Mayor Tim Adams, whose 18,410 votes accounted for about 30% of the vote Friday.
Margins were similarly broad in the Republican primary, where front-runner Michael Riker, a retired police officer, had 1,211 votes out of 2,662 tallied, or just over 45%. Jonathan White was second with 820 votes, or 31%.
Prince George’s County Election Administrator Wendy Honesty-Bey said Friday about 85% of the ballots have been counted, and votes will not be certified until Aug. 16.
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