EASTON, MARYLAND — Provisional ballots are now counted in Talbot County's unofficial results, and they narrowed the race for the fifth County Council seat to 99 votes, according to the State Board of Elections results page refreshed at 11:32 p.m. Thursday.
Wade Strickland (R) holds fifth place with 8,278 votes. Frank Gunsallus (R) is sixth with 8,179. Strickland picked up 102 provisional votes and Gunsallus picked up 109. Before the provisional count, the gap was 106.
The provisional ballots did not change the order of the top five. Pete Lesher (D) leads with 9,395, followed by Chuck F. Callahan III (R) with 8,934, Susan E. Delean-Botkin (D) with 8,640, Dave Stepp (R) with 8,424 and Strickland. That top five is three Republicans and two Democrats. Voters could choose up to five candidates.
Behind Gunsallus are Marvin Foster (D) with 8,157, Brian R. Naranjo (D) with 8,086, Michael Bibb (D) with 7,912 and Christian MacKendrick (R) with 7,785. Foster trails Gunsallus by 22 votes.
Of the 83,862 votes cast in the County Council race, 1,629 came from provisional ballots. The mail-in totals for the six leading candidates are the same as after the Nov. 5 mail-in canvass. The state page still labels the results unofficial.
Talbot's Board of Elections schedule lists a mail-in ballot canvass and certification of the election at 10 a.m. today, Friday, Nov. 13, at its office at 215 Bay St., Suite 7, in Easton. The notice listed Thursday's 10 a.m. session as the provisional ballot canvass and a second mail-in ballot canvass. A post-certification canvass follows Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 9:30 a.m. The board asks anyone planning to attend to call 410-770-8099.
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections
Drawn from public records; drafted with AI and edited by Peter Gorman before publication.
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