Elections

An estimated 2.1 million Marylanders cast ballots in Tuesday's election, setting a new state record for voter turnout in a midterm election. The unprecedented turnout easily surpassed 2010's midterm record of close to 1.9 million voters. According to The Baltimore Sun: That doesn’t mean it’s a record turnout by percentage of registered voters — only that the state’s growing population and voting base continues to increase. Preliminary turnout numbers from early voting and Election Day indicate…

The three Southern Maryland Counties retained their single-party domination in 2018, with each of the three electing a complete slate from a single party - the same as in 2014. Charles County's Commissioners will all be Democrats, while Calvert and St. Mary's Counties will all be Republicans, again. Charles County will see new leadership, as former County Commissioner Reuben Collins returns to county elected office as the Commission President. He will be joined by two…

With the 2018 general elections now complete, here is an overview sketch of the results for the 135 county offices contested during the elections. View MACo's full summary of county election results. For these purposes, MACo references "county elected officials" as including 10 County Executives (including the Mayor of Baltimore), 90 Council Members, and 54 County Commissioners - but does not include various other offices elected at the county level. (The elected officials of Baltimore…

Harford County Executive Barry Glassman and Wicomico County Executive Bob Culver both won second terms easily in the November 2018 general election. Harford Exec Barry Glassman (R) received 71,500 votes, more than double his  challenger Maryann Forgan (D). Prior to first being elected County Executive in 2014, Glassman served on the Maryland State Senate, where he was appointed to fill a vacant seat in 2008 and then subsequently elected to the position in 2010. Glassman…

The Maryland State Board of Elections did not post election results online on Tuesday night until after 10 p.m. — two hours after polls closed in the state. According to The Baltimore Sun: The reason, said board administrator Linda Lamone, was that some voters were still casting ballots. As of 10 p.m., she said she understood there were still people waiting to vote in Towson and in Prince George's County, but she said she was…

The Prince George’s and Howard County Council Members win in the general elections for seats in the Maryland State Senate and House of Delegates. Maryland Senate Prince George’s County County Council Member Obie Patterson elected to Maryland State Senate. Prince George’s County County Council Member Obie Patterson will be returning to Annapolis in 2019. Patterson previously served in the General Assembly from as a Member of House of Delegates, representing District 26, from 1995 to…