The Prince George’s County Council At-Large special election came to a close on Tuesday night and Council Chair Jolene Ivey was declared the victor around 10 p.m.
In this low-turnout election, Ivey received over 9,000 votes and Bowie Mayor Tim Adams came in second place with just over 5,200 votes.
Roughly 20,000 voters participated in the Democratic primary election while over 100,000 voted for at-large during the 2022 primary election.
Michael Riker received 47.82% of the vote in the Republican primary.
It is expected that Ivey will win the Nov. 5 general election, which will be held on the same day as the general election for the presidential and congressional races.
Ivey is currently suffering from COVID and gave her thanks to supporters at her campaign HQ via Zoom.
“I want to be with you all,” she said from a laptop held by Cheverly Councilmember Amy Jean Chung Fry. “It’s been such a short period of time, it wasn’t less work: it was more work all at once.”
Her son, Del. Julian Ivey (D) served as the campaign manager for Ivey’s campaign and he thanked their many volunteers and supporters who covered the polls and made phone calls to prospective voters.
“We would not be here without the support of everyone in this room,” he said. “I want to thank everyone who is here: the County Council is actually really important and they do significant work. One elected official I’ll thank by name is the standard bearer, the one who introduced us to Prince George’s politics: Congressman Glenn Ivey.”
It would be nice if the other bias media would ask question to the Republican candidate, but we know how the partisan media rolls
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