Low Turnout Primary Made A Bad Day For State Senate Incumbents

Tuesday’s low turnout primary turned out to be a bad day for state Senate incumbents challenged in their own primaries, with five current senators losing their seats to delegates who challenged them. Three others were locked in races so tight that absentee ballots will likely determine the outcome.

Members of the House of Delegates, who typically run in multi-member districts, fared much better, with only a few in tight primary contests.

Only incumbent Republican Sen. Ed Reilly, appointed to his seat in Anne Arundel County’s District 33, had a clear 1,400-vote victory over Del. James King.

In the statewide races, the results were much as expected.

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