Winners of costly, contentious executive races to lead big counties into the future

Five of the state’s “Big Eight” jurisdictions had hard-fought primaries for the top positions in county government. Democratic voters in four counties selected a new generation of leaders Tuesday, making history in at least two of them.

By: Josh Kurtz, Mayah Nachman, Will Hammann

Outlets: Maryland Matters

Published: June 24, 2026

Words: 1,805

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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Democratic voters in four counties selected a new generation of leaders Tuesday, making history in at least two of them.

Five of the state’s “Big Eight” jurisdictions had hard-fought primaries for the top positions in county government. Four counties held open-seat Democratic primaries for county executive; the winners of each will be overwhelming favorites in the general election.

In Harford County, the Republican county executive, Bob Cassilly, beat back an aggressive primary challenge from the …

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