Two winners will advance to the special election on April 28 and battle to carry out the remainder of Elijah Cummings' term.

Election results are in from Tuesday’s special election primary for U.S. House District 7. Governor Larry Hogan called the special election to fill the seat following the death of Congressman Elijah Cummings in October. Kweisi Mfume won the Democratic nomination, and Kimberly Klacik won the Republican nomination. The winners will compete to win the seat on April 28. Both candidates faced a crowded field of competitors—24 Democrats and 8 Republicans.

Kweisi Mfume actually held the seat before Elijah Cummings and left to become president of the NAACP. Now, 24 years later, he has a chance to hold the House District 7 seat again. Mfume won 44 percent of the vote, followed by Cummings' widow, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, who received 17 percent of the vote. Jill Carter, who holds the 41st legislative district in the Maryland State Senate came in third with 12 percent of the vote. Mfume was friends with Elijah Cummings and was endorsed by his adult daughters.

Republican candidate Kimberly Klacik is best known for the viral video she posted on social media displaying a deteriorated, trash-filled neighborhood in Baltimore. This seat leans heavily democratic and has never been held by a Republican. Still, Klacik and her supporters believe constituents are looking for new ideas and stronger representation for the seat.

The candidate that wins the special election will hold House District 7 seat until January of 2021.

Most if not all of the candidates are expected to run again in the separate primary election for the two-year term running from 2021 to 2023, slated for April 28, 2020. That election will again weed the very crowded field into one Democrat and one Republican candidate who will compete in the general election on November 3, 2020.