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Aide wins Prince George Dem primary Andrea Fletcher Harrison narrowly defeated Edmonston Mayor Adam Ortiz in the special County Council primary Tuesday. Harrison, Ortiz and five others were vying to finish out the term of David Harrington, who was appointed to the Maryland Senate in February. Donald Praisner, 75, was sent to Laurel Regional Hospital on Wednesday night and on Thursday he was to be taken to Washington Adventist Hospital in Takoma Park for tests, said Eric Hensal, his campaign manager. Hensal said some tests could not be completed until Friday and Praisner would not be able to participate with such little time in the candidates forum, Montgomery County cable television studio. Praisner is one of four Democrats seeking a seat on the Montgomery County Council to fill a vacancy created when his wife Marilyn died. The special primary election is April 15. Four Republicans are running in the GOP primary. Praisner said he admitted himself for precautionary reasons and that it was life threatening. been under some fairly high stress the last few months, so I figured I should see the doctor, Praisner said. only lasted about an hour, and by the time I got there, I felt all right. Praisner did not provide any details about his symptoms or illness. In the Prince George balloting, Harrison held a 171 vote, or 5 percent, lead over the union backed mayor after 95 absentee and provisional ballots were tallied Thursday. Late absentee and overseas ballots will be counted April 11 if any are received. thought it would be close, but I expected to pull it out, said Harrison, who served as Harrington policy director. is the most relaxed I been in five weeks. the legislature, Harrington, of Cheverly, will finish the four year term of Gwendolyn Britt, who died in January of heart failure. The race came down to the wire on election night. At one point, 26 votes separated Harrison and Ortiz, a state auditor who ran with support from many progressive groups in the county and local labor unions. for the last polling place results. The judge was posted at Flowers, one of the busier precincts located next to Harrison Springdale home. Judges at 17 of the 25 sites sent in their voting data electronically, providing instant results before bringing the computer cards in for a final check. Others trucked the memory cards from the electronic voting machines to the elections office directly. Turnout among the district 40,100 registered Democrat voters was extremely low 8 percent voted. Harrison appeared to have won with 1,234 votes, about 38 percent of the 3,276 ballots. Ortiz placed a close second with 1,063 votes, or 34 percent. Teacher and activist Theresa Mitchell Dudley placed third with 453 ballots. Adrion Howell, a former County Council liaison for County Executive Jack B. Johnson (D), placed fourth with 428 votes. Remaining candidates included nurse Sherry James Strother, businessman Melvin Johnson and security company owner Derrick Parks, who each took 29, 28 and 27 votes, respectively. Harrison is favored to win the seat in a special general election May 6, when she will face Republican Steven W. Johnson of Cheverly. Democrats heavily outnumber Republicans in the county. In addition to serving the last two years of Harrington four year term, the new council member will be eligible to run in 2010 and again in 2014.