Catherine Pugh is Baltimore's next mayor

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Catherine Pugh will become the 50th mayor of Baltimore, staving off a write-in bid from former Mayor Sheila Dixon. Pugh, a Democrat, held 57.5 percent of the votes as of 10:25 p.m. Write-in votes accounted for 22.9 percent. “Everybody knows you don’t get to these positions by yourself,” Pugh said during a victory speech Tuesday night, flanked by U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, City Councilman Bernard C. “Jack” Young and Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz. “Let me know tell you why this is important,…