Of the mailed-in ballots received, more than 74,000 were from registered Democrats. Even if Klacik won the 23,118 GOP voters’ ballots mailed in so far, along with the 12,500 from unaffiliated voters and those registered to third parties, she would not have taken the lead from Mfume, and there was no reason to believe she would receive enough crossover support for the trend to change.