Democrat Glenn Ivey won election to a U.S. House seat representing Maryland on Tuesday. Ivey defeated Republican George McDermott. Ivey won his second term to Maryland’s 4th Congressional District in the suburbs of the nation’s capital. Ivey has served as an assistant U.S. attorney. He also was elected twice to be state’s attorney for Prince George’s County next to Washington, D.C. Ivey also served as chair of Maryland’s Public Service Commission. He was twice elected as state’s attorney for Prince George’s County. He has served on the House Judiciary Committee. The Associated Press declared Ivey the winner at 9:30 p.m. EST.

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