BALTIMORE – Baltimore City Council President Brandon Scott began leading former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon by nearly 400 votes after more ballots were counted in the city’s Democratic mayoral primary.The turning point came as nearly 23,000 more ballots were counted Sunday, showing Scott with a 0.3% edge against Dixon, news outlets reported.
Scott has 28.7% of the vote to Dixon's 28.4% support. Another candidate, Mary Miller, has 15.5%. Nearly 18,500 votes have yet to be counted, and still more could arrive, The Baltimore Sun reported.
Most were cast by mail to avoid crowds at the polls and mitigate spread of the coronavirus. They had to be postmarked by June 2.Dixon had been leading, with decreasing margins, until yesterday.