Blanchard takes lead in 11th District after Tuesday’s mail ballot counting

Challenger Zac Blanchard took a 28-vote lead over incumbent Eric Costello in the race to represent South and Central Baltimore neighborhoods in the city’s 11th District as the third day of mail ballot counting closed on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Paris Gray and Jermaine Jones maintained the thin leads they had established since the end of election night in the 8th and 11th districts.