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Charles
2026 Gubernatorial Primary: every contest on the county's ballot.
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has the most votes in Charles. On a county office the check mark is this county's own
result.
"Mail-In Ballot 1" and "Mail-In Ballot 2" are the State Board's two
separate counts of mail-in ballots, as labelled in its results files.
Democratic ballot (23) Republican ballot (14)
Democratic ballot
Contests in this section (23)
Governor / Lt. Governor (Democratic) Comptroller (Democratic) Attorney General (Democratic) U.S. Congress, District 5 (Democratic) State Senator, District 27 (Democratic) State Senator, District 28 (Democratic) House of Delegates, District 27A (Democratic) House of Delegates, District 28 (Democratic) Pres County Commission (Democratic) County Commissioner, District 1 (Democratic) County Commissioner, District 2 (Democratic) County Commissioner, District 3 (Democratic) County Commissioner, District 4 (Democratic) State's Attorney (Democratic) Clerk Circuit Court (Democratic) Register of Wills (Democratic) Judge Orphans' Court (Democratic) Sheriff (Democratic) Dem Cent Comm at Large (Democratic) Dem Cent Committee, District 1 (Democratic) Dem Cent Committee, District 2 (Democratic) Dem Cent Committee, District 3 (Democratic) Dem Cent Committee, District 4 (Democratic)
Governor / Lt. Governor (Democratic) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Wes Moore and Aruna Miller ✓ won statewide ● leads here
DEM
5,158 8,366 4,337 464 1,389
19,714
88.7%
Eric S. Felber and LaTrece Hawkins Lytes
DEM
551 1,167 506 91 202
2,517
11.3%
Comptroller (Democratic) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Brooke Elizabeth Lierman ✓ won statewide ● leads here
DEM
5,195 8,576 4,368 477 1,383
19,999
100.0%
Attorney General (Democratic) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Anthony G. Brown ✓ won statewide ● leads here
DEM
5,284 8,808 4,476 502 1,440
20,510
100.0%
U.S. Congress, District 5 (Democratic) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Adrian Boafo ✓ won the district ● leads here
DEM
1,779 3,121 1,854 162 501
7,417
33.5%
Quincy Bareebe
DEM
1,019 1,271 737 70 223
3,320
15.0%
Harry Anthony Dunn
DEM
715 1,132 656 65 238
2,806
12.7%
Arthur Ellis
DEM
665 994 276 67 112
2,114
9.6%
Rushern L. Baker, III
DEM
410 718 378 44 167
1,717
7.8%
Wala Blegay
DEM
344 709 251 52 115
1,471
6.6%
Reuben B. Collins, II
DEM
323 571 281 28 66
1,269
5.7%
Nicole A. Williams
DEM
88 164 43 9 12
316
1.4%
Leigha Messick
DEM
44 125 47 10 32
258
1.2%
Harry Jarin
DEM
59 109 45 7 33
253
1.1%
Alexis S. Solis
DEM
42 96 34 7 20
199
0.9%
Harold Tolbert
DEM
47 66 4 4 3
124
0.6%
Mark Arness
DEM
25 45 38 3 9
120
0.5%
Dave Sundberg
DEM
19 55 33 1 8
116
0.5%
Walter Kirkland
DEM
27 53 13 2 7
102
0.5%
Jerry Lightfoot
DEM
18 38 27 2 4
89
0.4%
Tracy Starr
DEM
22 37 14 6 3
82
0.4%
Terry Antonio Jackson, II
DEM
9 41 12 6 4
72
0.3%
Ellis D. Colvin
DEM
18 32 8 3 2
63
0.3%
Heather Luper
DEM
15 22 12 2 5
56
0.3%
James Anderson Makle, Jr.
DEM
9 25 8 1 1
44
0.2%
Elldwnia English
DEM
8 25 3 1 6
43
0.2%
Keith Salkowski
DEM
11 19 11 0 0
41
0.2%
Kenneth Simons
DEM
0 17 8 3 1
29
0.1%
State Senator, District 27 (Democratic) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Kevin M. Harris ✓ won the district ● leads here
DEM
736 1,052 621 46 193
2,648
74.5%
Jason T. Fowler
DEM
232 382 200 28 63
905
25.5%
State Senator, District 28 (Democratic) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
C. T. Wilson ✓ won the district ● leads here
DEM
3,638 5,781 2,871 286 896
13,472
75.5%
Aaron Corbin
DEM
986 2,006 929 116 342
4,379
24.5%
House of Delegates, District 27A (Democratic) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Yonelle Moore Lee ● leads here
DEM
377 553 256 33 86
1,305
37.1%
Darrell C. Odom, Sr. ✓ won the district
DEM
305 446 324 17 106
1,198
34.0%
Clifton Crosby, Jr.
DEM
127 321 126 15 40
629
17.9%
Shawn Maldon
DEM
145 120 92 11 20
388
11.0%
House of Delegates, District 28 (Democratic) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Debra Davis ✓ won the district
DEM
3,163 5,154 2,623 249 819
12,008
26.4%
Edith J. Patterson ✓ won the district
DEM
2,986 4,654 2,534 214 733
11,121
24.4%
Abena Affum-McAllister ✓ won the district
DEM
2,640 3,713 2,059 187 658
9,257
20.3%
Evan Smith
DEM
1,146 1,912 1,005 115 388
4,566
10.0%
Tarinna N. Terrell
DEM
1,148 2,167 810 112 262
4,499
9.9%
John D. Jones, Jr.
DEM
1,006 1,913 829 86 241
4,075
9.0%
Pres County Commission (Democratic) county office
Pres County Commission (Democratic) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Amanda Stewart ✓ winner
DEM
2,960 4,539 2,822 236 834
11,391
53.3%
Dyotha R. Sweat
DEM
2,088 3,371 1,172 189 445
7,265
34.0%
Vontasha Romechia Simms
DEM
547 1,335 544 104 199
2,729
12.8%
County Commissioner, District 1 (Democratic) county office
County Commissioner, District 1 (Democratic) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Gilbert "BJ" Bowling ✓ winner
DEM
542 927 721 41 198
2,429
53.7%
Dezmond A. Rosier
DEM
508 930 450 44 165
2,097
46.3%
County Commissioner, District 2 (Democratic) county office
County Commissioner, District 2 (Democratic) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Brandon A. Paulin ✓ winner
DEM
314 578 266 29 96
1,283
22.2%
Cheryl D. Butler-Walker
DEM
317 512 288 25 95
1,237
21.4%
Peter Murphy
DEM
300 436 289 22 82
1,129
19.6%
Leonard "Lenny" Proctor
DEM
261 468 197 25 76
1,027
17.8%
Sha'Meca Latai' Oliver
DEM
144 299 76 14 44
577
10.0%
Brenda Thomas
DEM
125 234 108 8 39
514
8.9%
County Commissioner, District 3 (Democratic) county office
County Commissioner, District 3 (Democratic) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
McKayla Wilkes ✓ winner
DEM
967 1,694 714 76 216
3,667
63.5%
James F. Wade, Sr.
DEM
708 721 502 38 141
2,110
36.5%
County Commissioner, District 4 (Democratic) county office
County Commissioner, District 4 (Democratic) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Ralph E. Patterson, II ✓ winner
DEM
1,265 2,314 894 95 306
4,874
100.0%
State's Attorney (Democratic) county office
State's Attorney (Democratic) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Anthony "Tony" Covington ✓ winner
DEM
5,253 8,717 4,339 486 1,359
20,154
100.0%
Clerk Circuit Court (Democratic) county office
Clerk Circuit Court (Democratic) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Lisa E. Yates ✓ winner
DEM
3,944 6,362 3,183 351 1,061
14,901
70.2%
Tonya Henderson
DEM
1,600 2,815 1,332 165 402
6,314
29.8%
Register of Wills (Democratic) county office
Register of Wills (Democratic) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Loraine Davies Hennessy ✓ winner
DEM
2,826 4,419 2,359 233 702
10,539
50.1%
Diane Crews
DEM
1,377 2,221 1,240 140 468
5,446
25.9%
Gregory D. Proctor
DEM
1,092 2,045 695 114 205
4,151
19.7%
Joseph W. Mank
DEM
229 372 206 25 72
904
4.3%
Judge Orphans' Court (Democratic) county office
Judge Orphans' Court (Democratic) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Darlene M. Breck ✓ winner
DEM
3,138 4,680 2,611 262 828
11,519
22.4%
Tisha R. Tyler ✓ winner
DEM
3,142 5,119 2,227 275 707
11,470
22.3%
Russell Yates ✓ winner
DEM
2,849 4,303 2,156 232 710
10,250
19.9%
Marie Wolfe
DEM
1,889 3,182 1,568 170 513
7,322
14.2%
Reginald Kearney
DEM
1,872 2,808 1,598 123 469
6,870
13.4%
Charles "Chuck" McClam
DEM
1,042 1,730 884 114 228
3,998
7.8%
Sheriff (Democratic) county office
Sheriff (Democratic) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Troy Berry ✓ winner
DEM
5,345 8,839 4,441 499 1,422
20,546
100.0%
Dem Cent Comm at Large (Democratic) county office
Dem Cent Comm at Large (Democratic) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Alvin Stewart ✓ winner
DEM
3,491 5,497 3,170 281 990
13,429
36.2%
Kimberly Ann Hay ✓ winner
DEM
2,225 3,473 1,849 186 593
8,326
22.4%
Dora Myles
DEM
2,156 3,417 1,581 211 490
7,855
21.2%
Vontasha Romechia Simms
DEM
1,994 3,571 1,282 198 438
7,483
20.2%
Dem Cent Committee, District 1 (Democratic) county office
Dem Cent Committee, District 1 (Democratic) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Elizabeth "Liz" Brown ✓ winner
DEM
748 1,243 760 61 230
3,042
23.8%
Anthony Johnson ✓ winner
DEM
703 1,202 744 54 186
2,889
22.6%
Virginia Benedict ✓ winner
DEM
650 1,086 703 57 204
2,700
21.1%
Jonathan Allen Brits ✓ winner
DEM
527 902 626 46 188
2,289
17.9%
Bridgette Long Hickey
DEM
479 764 442 35 132
1,852
14.5%
Dem Cent Committee, District 2 (Democratic) county office
Dem Cent Committee, District 2 (Democratic) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Cheryl D. Butler-Walker ✓ winner
DEM
972 1,590 732 68 256
3,618
19.9%
Jason Henry ✓ winner
DEM
882 1,476 773 57 264
3,452
19.0%
Derrick L. Lockhart ✓ winner
DEM
871 1,446 753 60 260
3,390
18.7%
Thomasina Coates ✓ winner
DEM
711 1,321 605 67 208
2,912
16.0%
Sharone L. Simmons
DEM
699 1,137 458 66 138
2,498
13.7%
Melissa Davis
DEM
615 976 513 45 155
2,304
12.7%
Dem Cent Committee, District 3 (Democratic) county office
Dem Cent Committee, District 3 (Democratic) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Sheila L. Hawkins ✓ winner
DEM
1,429 2,085 1,031 98 279
4,922
38.0%
James F. Wade, Sr. ✓ winner
DEM
1,280 1,681 917 76 251
4,205
32.5%
Reggie Walker ✓ winner
DEM
1,163 1,554 804 74 228
3,823
29.5%
Dem Cent Committee, District 4 (Democratic) county office
Dem Cent Committee, District 4 (Democratic) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Roderick Lewis, Jr. ✓ winner
DEM
1,100 1,938 769 69 269
4,145
24.6%
Tiffany Y. Daniel ✓ winner
DEM
1,035 1,773 663 73 231
3,775
22.4%
Elaine Hardee ✓ winner
DEM
927 1,536 600 60 196
3,319
19.7%
Eileen Britt
DEM
775 1,375 514 60 182
2,906
17.2%
Joseph W. Mank ✓ winner
DEM
718 1,226 542 44 183
2,713
16.1%
Republican ballot
Contests in this section (14)
Governor / Lt. Governor (Republican) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Dan Cox and Rob Krop ✓ won statewide ● leads here
REP
382 1,056 265 20 69
1,792
55.7%
Ed Hale and Tyrone Keys, Jr.
REP
107 263 95 7 29
501
15.6%
Carl A. Brunner, Jr. and Kevin L. Rhodes, Sr.
REP
52 127 87 7 20
293
9.1%
John A. Myrick and Brenda J. Thiam
REP
62 133 60 3 12
270
8.4%
Shannon Wright and Reba A. Hawkins
REP
25 38 35 1 10
109
3.4%
L. D. Burkindine and Jeremy M. Shifflett
REP
8 41 22 0 3
74
2.3%
Nancy Jane Taylor and Rachel Hannah "Mohawk" Swift
REP
14 29 26 2 2
73
2.3%
Douglas Larcomb and Martina D. Duncan
REP
9 21 22 1 2
55
1.7%
Michael Oakes and Ronald W. Abend
REP
8 18 16 1 5
48
1.5%
Comptroller (Republican) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Sonya Dunn ✓ won statewide ● leads here
REP
582 1,389 500 29 111
2,611
100.0%
Attorney General (Republican) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
James B. Rutledge, III ✓ won statewide ● leads here
REP
583 1,390 509 30 114
2,626
100.0%
U.S. Congress, District 5 (Republican) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Michelle Talkington ● leads here
REP
321 755 259 19 69
1,423
46.4%
Chris Chaffee ✓ won the district
REP
238 634 232 12 46
1,162
37.9%
Bryan DuVal
REP
89 252 111 6 22
480
15.7%
State Senator, District 27 (Republican) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Al Larsen ✓ won the district ● leads here
REP
82 176 82 1 27
368
100.0%
House of Delegates, District 27A (Republican) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Jim Crawford ✓ won the district ● leads here
REP
86 189 81 1 29
386
100.0%
House of Delegates, District 28 (Republican) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
James Emerson Ashburn ✓ won the district
REP
467 1,153 387 26 80
2,113
52.2%
Winfield W. Clark, Jr. ✓ won the district
REP
431 1,034 372 23 73
1,933
47.8%
Pres County Commission (Republican) county office
Pres County Commission (Republican) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Joe Crawford ✓ winner
REP
584 1,430 511 31 113
2,669
100.0%
County Commissioner, District 1 (Republican) county office
County Commissioner, District 1 (Republican) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Walton "Walt" Merchant ✓ winner
REP
228 735 232 13 40
1,248
100.0%
County Commissioner, District 2 (Republican) county office
County Commissioner, District 2 (Republican) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Alorah D. Vantassell ✓ winner
REP
168 312 112 7 33
632
100.0%
County Commissioner, District 3 (Republican) county office
County Commissioner, District 3 (Republican) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Julian D. Clark ✓ winner
REP
90 169 89 2 12
362
100.0%
Register of Wills (Republican) county office
Register of Wills (Republican) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Latisha Shorter ✓ winner
REP
543 1,318 477 30 110
2,478
100.0%
Judge Orphans' Court (Republican) county office
Judge Orphans' Court (Republican) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Angela Parker ✓ winner
REP
556 1,367 496 29 110
2,558
100.0%
REP Cent Committee (Republican) county office
REP Cent Committee (Republican) in Charles
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Jim Crawford ✓ winner
REP
506 1,206 429 20 97
2,258
13.7%
Michelle Talkington ✓ winner
REP
513 1,206 422 24 92
2,257
13.7%
Joe Crawford ✓ winner
REP
502 1,189 430 20 95
2,236
13.6%
Daniel P. Creighton ✓ winner
REP
458 1,054 407 20 90
2,029
12.3%
Stephanie Beatty ✓ winner
REP
443 1,056 404 22 85
2,010
12.2%
Henry Thompson ✓ winner
REP
446 1,052 402 19 87
2,006
12.2%
Latisha Shorter ✓ winner
REP
424 970 375 22 82
1,873
11.4%
Alorah D. Vantassell ✓ winner
REP
414 944 371 19 78
1,826
11.1%
Source: the State Board of Elections' results files (CSV), from its
election data page .
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