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Lt. Gen. Michael E. Langley has served in Afghanistan, Somalia and Japan. (Agence VU for The Post)
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Montgomery County Executive

DEM

Estimated 62 percent of votes counted

percentage of total vote received by each candidate
CandidateVotesPct.
David Blair28,96139.6%
Marc Elrich *27,77038.0
Hans Riemer14,91120.4
Other candidates1,4452.0

* Incumbent

Maryland Governor

DEM

Estimated 61 percent of votes counted

percentage of total vote received by each candidate
CandidateVotesPct.
Wes Moore138,39336.7%
Tom Perez103,43827.4
Peter Franchot73,73219.5
Other candidates61,66516.3
Maryland will not begin counting mail-in ballots until Thursday
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