Democrat Nearing Maryland Governorship
BALTIMORE — Democrat Parris N. Glendening was clinging to a slim lead over Republican Ellen R. Sauerbrey on Friday night and seemed destined to be declared Maryland’s next governor if the current trend in the absentee ballot count continues.
Sauerbrey appeared to acknowledge as much. “We might not close the gap,” she said. “But the issue, regardless of how the absentee ballots turn out--and I’m not conceding that--there is a much more significant issue in terms of the election process.
“From our perspective, we’re just continuing to work,” she said. She vowed to fight on through legal means as a team of 16 investigators she hired began looking into complaints of voter fraud and election irregularities.
During the day, Sauerbrey closed to within 1,569 votes of Glendening after trailing him by 6,187 out of nearly 1.4 million cast.
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