Trailing Jessica Haire after Election Day, Steuart Pittman says mail-in votes will win him Anne Arundel executive race

With thousands of mail-in ballots still to be counted, the closely-watched Anne Arundel County executive race is still very much up in the air. Despite Republican Jessica Haire holding a sizable lead, incumbent Democrat Steuart Pittman said in a message to cabinet members Wednesday morning that he expects to prevail when mail-in ballots are counted over the coming days. “The math suggests that I will be re-elected to a second term,” he wrote in the email. “I look forward to communicating with each of you in the coming days about the opportunities before us.”