Scott, Dixon stand firm after Vignarajah’s last-minute exit from Baltimore mayoral race

Baltimoreans trickled into the city’s early voting centers Thursday with — at least on paper — the same options they’ve had for months, with candidates they’ve seen in their communities and on their television screens appearing on their ballots.

But in the competitive and crowded Democratic primary for mayor, not all was what it seemed.

Thiru Vignarajah, an attorney running his fourth citywide campaign in six years, dropped out Wednesday afternoon and threw his support behind former Mayor Sheila Dixon.