Derrick Parks

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.

Derrick Parks (D-Lanham) believes he has the “talent and skills” to revitalize the business community in Prince George’s County. The owner of the Metropolitan Protective Services security firm, which provides uniform guard services, Parks told PolitickerMD.com that his experience “running a company” sets him apart from his seven opponents in the race to fill the open District 5 seat on the Prince George’s County Council.

While saying there were “land developers who would like to come” to Prince George’s, Parks said crime had to be addressed first.

The candidate said he would look to open an organization of “volunteer reserve police officers,” saying he would set a goal of having a 2 percent volunteer police force in the county, or roughly 250 additional unpaid officers.