BALTIMORE – Maryland residents are going to the polls and returning mail-in ballots for the state’s primary, and the highest-profile race Tuesday is the Democratic contest to be the nominee for Baltimore’s mayor.
The winner of that race in Maryland’s largest city will likely become mayor. Democrats outnumber Republicans 10-1 in Baltimore, making November’s general election mostly a formality.
Baltimore voters are looking for a leader who can rein in violent crime, address entrenched poverty and restore steadily eroding trust in local government.
More than 20 Democrats are seeking that challenge. The election comes a year after City Hall was raided as part of a public corruption scandal that resulted in the resignation of then-Mayor