NOV 10, 12:17 PM

Michael Peroutka Refuses To Concede In Maryland Attorney General Race

Sarah Y. Kim

After losing to Democrat Anthony Brown in the race for Maryland attorney general, Republican candidate Michael Peroutka says that he is not planning to concede the race.

Peroutka, a former Anne Arundel County council member and supporter of former President Trump who has said “we don’t know” whether the 2020 presidential elections were stolen, said there were “many odd and suspicious incidents” reported by poll watchers and that “more reports are being gathered today.”

Link to tweet

“Perhaps, like many others, you found it presumptuous that Wes Moore and Anthony Brown claimed victory before any results were posted on the official website,” he said in a message to supporters. “The local media obligingly concurred even though the first tallies were not yet reported.”

The race was not a close one. The State Board of Elections is still counting ballots, but the vast majority of votes have been counted for the attorney general race — an estimated 88.4 percent, according to the Washington Post’s live tracker as of Thursday morning. Data from the state board shows that Peroutka is about 20 percentage points behind Brown, who won just over 60 percent of more than 1.5 million counted votes. Brown would still have the lead even if Peroutka managed to win all uncounted votes.

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