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Win your primary and face little or no opposition in the general? That's what happened for dozens of Maryland candidates and it's means voters got shortchanged.
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Elfreth, a Democrat, leads Republican Stacie MacDonald by 5,000 votes. Gile, a Democrat and attorney from Severna Park, overtook Republican Del. Sid Saab and now leads by about 1,000 votes.
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Election workers spent Thursday counting 11,200 ballots that include races for six state Senate races and nine House of Delegates races, in the first of several canvassing sessions that will stretch into next week.
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With a week until Election Day and residents already voting early, Anne Arundel County Council and General Assembly incumbents have largely outpaced their opponents in fundraising, campaign finance reports show.
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I am glad that local candidates are not hiding from their opponents as seems to be happening in some races across the country.