By Adam Pagnucco.
Council Member Evan Glass came in first in the council at-large primary and finished first or second in every local area in the county. He received more votes than anyone else in the county, although it was in a multi-seat race, and recorded a performance that ranks with the best since 1998. Who else did Glass voters support?
Let’s start with the county executive primary.
In terms of percentage, Glass voters were very similar to all voters, probably because there were so many of them. But David Blair led Marc Elrich by 227 votes among Glass voters.
Now let’s look at who else Glass voters supported in the council at-large primary.
In addition to Glass himself, Glass voters would have elected Gabe Albornoz, Will Jawando and Scott Goldberg in that order. Laurie-Anne Sayles ranked fifth. Glass’s percentage among his own voters exceeded 25% because of under-voting in the at-large race, in which voters do not use all four of their votes.
Glass voters voted for the same candidates in the council district races as all voters, again most likely because there were so many of them. Among Glass voters, over-performers included Dawn Luedtke (+8.6 points), Sidney Katz (+7.3 points) and Natali Fani-Gonzalez (+7.2 points) while Lorna Phillips-Forde under-performed by 4.9 points in District 2.
If Glass has a weakness, it’s his relative lack of bullet voters. In the 8-candidate at-large field, Glass finished last in the percentage of his votes that came from bullet votes. That’s partly a function of the sheer number of total votes he received. But it suggests the challenge he would face in a one-seat race involving Jawando, who fared much better on this measure.