Democrat Candidate Derrick Leon Davis has coasted to an easy victory Tuesday in the race to fill the Prince George’s County Council seat, which was recently vacated by Leslie Johnson. With all 26 precincts reporting, Davis had 4,004 votes to Day Gardner’s 389. Davis, 43, said before the vote that he was campaigning vigorously, although many thought the outcome was foreordained. “We are making sure that we are connecting with voters and folks who care about where the county is going,” he said. “We are going to keep pressing hard to the finish line.” A former school system official, Davis … Continue reading Derrick Davis Defeats Day Gardner In Race for Prince George’s County Council Seat

The third time was the charm for Derrick Leon Davis. With 55 percent of the 6,453 votes cast in Tuesday’s special primary election, Davis who failed in his 2002 and 2010 bids for a seat on the Prince George’s County Council beat 13 other Democrats to advance to next month’s general election to fill the council’s vacant District 6 seat. “If we want to make this good county great, we’re going to have to work together,” Davis said Tuesday at his election-night party in Largo. “When our communities start to work together … we will rise in Prince George’s County.” … Continue reading Derrick Leon Davis wins Democratic nod for Leslie Johnson’s seat in Prince George’s County