Alisha Alexander

April 3, 2008 - 10:57am

No winner announced yet in Prince George’s County Special Election; Early results favor Harrison

The Prince George’s County Board of Elections has yet to certify the results or declare a winner in Tuesday’s Democratic special primary election to fill the open District 5 seat on the county council.

The trend, however, favors Andrea Fletcher Harrison (D-Springdale), the deputy chief of staff for the District 5 council office, who leads Mayor Adam Ortiz (D-Edmonston) by 137 votes, 37.42% to 33.09%, with 25 of 28 precincts reporting.

According to Alisha Alexander, the county’s elections administrator, absentee ballots, provisional ballots, and overseas/military ballots have yet to be included in the official results. These ballots count as precincts, Alexander said, making up the remaining total.

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