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Until a final hearing June 3, Anne Arundel Orphans Court Marc Knapp is barred from speaking to chief judge Vickie Gipson outside of work.

Until a final hearing June 3, Anne Arundel Orphans Court Marc Knapp is barred from speaking to chief judge Vickie Gipson outside of work.

Anne Arundel County Sheriff-elect Everett Sesker won a historic victory against Republican Sheriff Jim Fredericks last week after several rounds of ballot counting. Here's six things to know about the county's next sheriff.

Sesker, a former Prince George’s County Police Department officer, defeated Fredericks, a one-term Republican, with 50.5% of the vote.

While Anne Arundel County Sheriff Jim Fredericks remains ahead in the race for his law enforcement post, his Democratic challenger Everett Sesker continues to gain ground along with other Democratic candidates in Anne Arundel county as mail-in ballots are counted.

While Anne Arundel County Sheriff Jim Fredericks remains ahead in the race for his law enforcement post, his Democratic challenger Everett Sesker continues to gain ground along with other Democratic candidates in Anne Arundel county as mail-in ballots are counted.

While many of the names on the ballot will be familiar to primary voters, a few new candidates conducting write-in campaigns will appear on the ballot including Democrat Scottie Griffin who is hoping to unseat Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Michael Gendel, a Democrat, who will be challenging Republican Nathan Volke who represents District 3 on the County Council in a last minute surprise for the candidate who has been running solo in the primary and the general for months.

While many of the names on the ballot will be familiar to primary voters, a few new candidates conducting write-in campaigns will appear on the ballot including Democrat Scottie Griffin who is hoping to unseat Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Michael Gendel, a Democrat, who will be challenging Republican Nathan Volke who represents District 3 on the County Council in a last minute surprise for the candidate who has been running solo in the primary and the general for months.

Every election year more votes are cast for the offices at the top of the ballot than for those at the bottom, sometimes by tens of thousands of votes. These “drop off” voters often tell me they don’t know what the elected offices at the bottom of the ballot do or why they should care about voting for them.