Prince George's County Council

Andrea Fletcher Harrison (D-Springdale) cruised to victory in Tuesday's special election to fill the District 5 vacancy on the Prince George's County Council. With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, Harrison received more than 87 percent of the vote over Republican Steven Johnson, a businessman from Cheverly. The victory was expected in the heavily Democratic district.

Harrison has served the past five years as the deputy chief of staff for the District 5 council office, where she worked as the policy director for Councilman David Harrington (D-Cheverly). Harrington replaced the deceased Sen. Gwendolyn Britt in the General Assembly, leading to the council opening.

Andrea Harrison: Poised to win in PG CountyAndrea Fletcher Harrison (D-Springdale) holds a lead of 5.22 percentage points over Mayor Adam Ortiz (D-Edmonston) in the race to fill the vacant District 5 seat on the Prince George’s County Council, according to new data released by the Prince George’s County Board of Elections.

The numbers were updated after provisional ballots were recorded late last night. Harrison now leads with 1237 votes compared to 1066 for Ortiz.

The board will count any military and overseas ballots on Friday morning in Upper Marlboro.

Those ballots, the last to be counted, are expected to be minimal and are unlikely to change the results.

Harrison has served the past five years as the deputy chief of staff for the District 5 council office.