Legislative races come into focus as ballot counting wraps on June 23 primary

Local election boards were scheduled to finish ballot-counting Monday, and while there are still 17 days before the election is certified — with time for possible recounts after that — the few primary elections still hanging in the balance came into sharper focus.

According to vote tallies from the state Board of Elections as of 9:46 p.m. Monday, about five state legislative incumbents lost in the June 23 primary and won’t be rejoining their colleagues in Annapolis in January: Senate Majority Leader Nancy King (D-Montgomery), Sen. Dalya Attar (D-Baltimore City) and Dels. Frank Conaway Jr. (D-Baltimore City), Kevin Hornberger (R-Cecil) and Stephanie Smith (D-Baltimore City).

Smith stood in fourth place with 6,444 votes in the race for three delegate seats in District 45 in Baltimore City. Incumbent Democratic Dels. Jackie Addison and Caylin Young had 7,504 and 7,143 votes, respectively, while former Del. Chanel Branch had 6,750, leading Smith by 306.

Branch, the daughter of former House Majority Whip Talmadge Branch, was appointed by former Gov. Larry Hogan (R) in January 2020, but finished fourth behind Addison, Smith and Young in the 2022 primary.



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