(Reuters) – Democrat Kweisi Mfume won a special U.S. congressional election in Maryland on Tuesday to finish the term of Democratic Representative Elijah Cummings, who died in October, while Ohio held mostly mail-in primaries in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
A Voter fills out a provisional ballot authorisation form for the presidential primary elections at the Franklin County Board of Election office, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Columbus, Ohio, U.S., April 28, 2020. REUTERS/Paul Vernon
Mfume, 71, who defeated Republican Kim Klacik in the heavily Democratic district that covers parts of Baltimore and central Maryland, is reclaiming a seat he held for five terms before leaving Congress to lead the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People civil rights group.
In Ohio, nominating contests were being conducted after voting originally scheduled for March 17 was delayed and in-person balloting curtailed, as the coronavirus further di