Zac Blanchard has emerged victorious in the Baltimore City District 11 City Council race, defeating incumbent Eric Costello by a narrow margin. Initial counts on May 21 showed Blanchard leading by 28 votes, with 3,246 votes to Costello's 3,218. As more provisional and mail-in ballots were counted on May 22, Blanchard's lead increased to 36 votes. The final tally on May 23, which led to Costello conceding the race, confirmed Blanchard's win. This marks a significant shift in the Baltimore City Council as Blanchard takes over the 11th district seat.
Baltimore City Councilman Eric Costello has conceded. Zach Blanchard wins the 11-th district seat. @wbaltv11 https://t.co/BJabpns4BK
Incumbent Eric Costello concedes to Zac Blanchard on Baltimore D11 race https://t.co/Bp1pUjFEHv
Zac Blanchard extends his lead a bit more over incumbent Eric Costello in D11 City Council race https://t.co/5Cak3hkng3
Blanchard excited as lead taken in City Council race over incumbent Costello | Click on the image to read the full story https://t.co/Ib1qLRusmr
Zac Blanchard increases his razor thin lead to 36 votes over incumbent Eric Costello in Baltimore D11 https://t.co/0Rtggfk1vu
Dispatch from the warehouse: Zac Blanchard held on to his razor thin lead over Eric Costello after the first batch of provisional ballots and some more mail-in votes were counted Wednesday; Paris Gray and Jermaine Jones also maintained small leads. https://t.co/rBLt14D71T
BREAKING: updated vote totals after today’s canvass shows Baltimore City District 11 challenger Zac Blanchard now 28 votes ahead of Councilman Eric Costello in the Democratic Primary per @md_sbe @wbaltv11 https://t.co/wp8wF9VjHl
BREAKING: updated vote totals after today’s canvass shows Baltimore City District 8 challenger Zac Blanchard now 28 votes ahead of Councilman Eric Costello in the Democratic Primary per @md_sbe @wbaltv11 https://t.co/lx1FgVc3ko
One week after Election Day, some Baltimore City Council races have yet to be decided. Today, Zac Blanchard says he surpassed incumbent Eric Costello: Blanchard: 3,246 Costello: 3,218 More ballots will be counted this week: Provisionals tomorrow and mail-ins Thursday.
Zac Blanchard now leads Eric Costello in the D11 race by 28 votes, according to unofficial results from the elections warehouse Blanchard now has 3,246 votes to Costello's 3,218, per data from today's count that has yet to be posted on the state BOE website.