Just after 2 a.m. this morning, as voters and observers eagerly refreshed the Maryland State Board of Elections’ to see who might become the next mayor of Baltimore City, the results were completely wiped from the internet.

All the elections, from president on down, now showed “NR,” or “not reported,” where the tallies had previously been. Baltimore is the only jurisdiction in the state of Maryland to not have any primary election results posted on the board’s site, and as of this writing, there are still no returns.

Before the ballots were pulled, it appeared former Mayor Sheila Dixon was in the lead to win her job back based on 75,000 mail-in ballots that were received and counted. Down the ballot, it looked like Del. Nick Mosby was the frontrunner in the race for city council president and City Councilman Bill Henry was poised to upset Comptroller Joan Pratt, a six-term incumbent.

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