Tom Perez campaign issues statement on status of election

MARYLAND – The Tom Perez for Governor campaign has issued a statement on the status of the Gubernatorial Primary Election.

“Put simply, it’s too early to call this race. Yesterday was the first day of counting for the 212,962 recorded and received vote-by-mail ballots and it was a huge day for Tom Perez.

He flipped multiple counties from election day and made major vote gains statewide, all while as many as 80,000 votes remain in Montgomery County — the largest remaining vote share and Tom’s incredibly strong base.

We agree with the Moore campaign that as of today, with 134,000 uncounted received ballots and 170,000 additional outstanding ballots not yet recorded, no candidate is in a position to claim victory.

Our campaign will continue to respect the dedicated work of election staff across the state as the counting process continues so that we can ensure that as many as 300,000 remaining votes are counted.”

As of Friday afternoon, Wes Moore was leading the race with 34.6% of the vote. Tom Perez was in a close second with nearly 28% of the vote, and Peter Franchot had 21.22% of the vote. The Associated Press says the race is still too close to call at this time.