MD-04: PG County Finishes Vote Count

And (surprise!) Al Wynn comes out ahead:

The final Prince George's tally helped cushion Wynn's lead over challenger Donna Edwards in the 4th Congressional District. Edwards said late yesterday that she would not concede until Montgomery County officials finished counting a few thousand provisional paper ballots.

In the congressional district that includes much of Prince George's and a slice of Montgomery, Wynn now leads by about 2,700 votes, officials said.

As of late yesterday, 9,945 of the nearly 12,000 provisional ballots had been counted in Montgomery. That appears to make it mathematically impossible for Edwards to win.

Still, Wynn was not ready to declare victory until all provisional votes were counted. "I don't want to make premature comments," he said. "It's a thing where people are sensitive right now."

Last week, Edwards threatened to file a lawsuit over voting irregularities in Prince George's. Yesterday she said she was waiting to get more information from the county's Board of Elections before deciding what legal step, if any, to take.

Does this count include the white truck ballots?

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