As Annapolis awaits the official results of last week’s Democratic mayoral primary, the Capital Gazette looked into each candidate’s major donors .

Jared Littmann, a former alderman and hardware store owner, has a significant lead after the in-person vote count on election night. About half of the primary votes are expected to come from the mail-in, drop box and provisional ballots, which are set to be counted Tuesday.

In the in-person vote count, Littmann had 1,371 votes and Rhonda Pindell Charles , the current Ward 3 alderman, had 771 votes.

Littmann has greatly out-fundraised his competitor, Pindell Charles, throughout the campaign. His campaign brought in about $191,500 since his campaign began in January 2024 through contributions, while Pindell Charles has earned $36,600 in

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