Special Election for Maryland 7th Congressional District Today Harold Fisher | April 28, 2020 at 1:24 pm in Coronavirus, NEWS Tweet BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland is holding a special election with just three polling centers open Tuesday in a race dramatically reshaped by the coronavirus pandemic. Former NAACP head Kweisi Mfume is the Democratic nominee facing Republican challenger Kimberly Klacik for the seat opened by the death last October of Congressman Elijah Cummings. Kwiesi Mfume Election officials mailed out roughly 484,000 ballots to 7th District voters, encouraging everyone to vote by mail by day’s end to reduce the risk of infection. More than 85,000 votes were mailed in before Election Day. The vote was going to be exclusively by mail, but limited in-person voting was allowed to accommodate the homeless and disabled. Kimberly Klacik Tags: Congressman Elijah Cummings, Kimberly Klacik, Kweisi Mfume, Maryland 7th Congressional District, voting