Polls closed for College Park’s special election following former mayor’s arrest

Polls closed in the special election to replace Patrick Wojahn as mayor of College Park, Maryland, Saturday afternoon.

According to the city’s charter, the special election had to take place within 65 days.

Voting ended at 6 p.m. at city hall, 7401 Baltimore Ave.

The candidates are Bryan Haddad, S.M. Fazlul Kabir, Catherine Hope Kennedy and Denise C. Mitchell. Three of the four have experience on the College Park City Council.

The election came after Wojahn resigned as mayor in March. He was arrested and charged with dozens of counts of possession and distribution of child pornography. He had been the city’s mayor since 2015.

Wojahn is married to an employee of Hubbard Radio Washington, D.C., which owns WTOP.

Dan Friedell

Dan Friedell is a digital writer for WTOP. He came to the D.C. area in 2007 to work as digital editor for USATODAY.com, and since then has worked for a number of local and national news organizations.

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