Shepherd wins Washington County Commissioners seat in Maryland
(This story was updated to reflect the complete, but unofficial results.) Democratic challenger Lara Shepherd has won the fifth Washington County Commissioners seat by 335 votes after final mail-in ballots were counted Friday, Nov. 13, according to complete and unofficial results. Shepherd retook the lead over incumbent Republican John Barr after provisional and mail-in ballots were counted Thursday and her lead widened Friday. Incumbent Washington County Board of Education member Mike Guessford secured re-election by 152 votes over challenger Robin Merchant-Spickler for the third seat up for election on the seven-member school board, according to complete, but unofficial results posted on the Maryland State Board of Elections website. The last mail-in ballots were counted Friday. Mail-in ballots had to be postmarked by Election Day, Nov. 3, and received by the election board by 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 13. Shepherd will be the first Democrat on the five-seat Board of County Commissioners since current Hagerstown Councilman Kristin Aleshire was a county commissioner and lost his re-election bid to that board in 2010. She will become the fifth woman to serve on the county board and the first since 2014 when Republican Ruth Anne Callaham lost her re-election bid in that year's
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