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Howard
2026 Gubernatorial Primary: every contest on the county's ballot.
On a contest that has its own page, a check mark is the result of the whole
contest (won statewide, won the district, or retained), not this county's; a dot marks who
has the most votes in Howard. 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 (11)
Democratic ballot
Contests in this section (23)
Governor / Lt. Governor (Democratic) Comptroller (Democratic) Attorney General (Democratic) U.S. Congress, District 3 (Democratic) State Senator, District 9 (Democratic) State Senator, District 12 (Democratic) State Senator, District 13 (Democratic) House of Delegates, District 09A (Democratic) House of Delegates, District 09B (Democratic) House of Delegates, District 12A (Democratic) House of Delegates, District 13 (Democratic) County Executive (Democratic) County Council, District 1 (Democratic) County Council, District 2 (Democratic) County Council, District 3 (Democratic) County Council, District 4 (Democratic) County Council, District 5 (Democratic) Judge Circuit Court, Howard County Circuit Court 05 (Democratic) State's Attorney (Democratic) Clerk Circuit Court (Democratic) Register of Wills (Democratic) Sheriff (Democratic) DEM Cent Committee (Democratic)
Governor / Lt. Governor (Democratic) in Howard
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
8,023 14,064 11,867 1,136 849
35,939
88.1%
Eric S. Felber and LaTrece Hawkins Lytes
DEM
897 2,162 1,460 193 145
4,857
11.9%
Comptroller (Democratic) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Brooke Elizabeth Lierman ✓ won statewide ● leads here
DEM
8,088 14,356 11,571 1,104 809
35,928
100.0%
Attorney General (Democratic) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Anthony G. Brown ✓ won statewide ● leads here
DEM
8,138 14,383 11,669 1,133 816
36,139
100.0%
U.S. Congress, District 3 (Democratic) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Sarah Elfreth ✓ won the district ● leads here
DEM
6,651 10,554 9,916 821 631
28,573
73.1%
Austin Dyches
DEM
832 2,104 1,638 221 177
4,972
12.7%
Jennifer Cross
DEM
648 1,596 701 111 86
3,142
8.0%
Sean Hammond
DEM
339 797 268 45 27
1,476
3.8%
Robert Gerald Morrison
DEM
206 501 175 39 23
944
2.4%
State Senator, District 9 (Democratic) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Katie Fry Hester ✓ won the district ● leads here
DEM
2,478 4,176 3,720 369 285
11,028
100.0%
State Senator, District 12 (Democratic) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Clarence Lam ✓ won the district ● leads here
DEM
2,538 4,178 3,356 306 225
10,603
100.0%
State Senator, District 13 (Democratic) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Guy Guzzone ✓ won the district ● leads here
DEM
3,056 5,934 4,384 400 284
14,058
100.0%
House of Delegates, District 09A (Democratic) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Natalie Ziegler ✓ won the district
DEM
1,238 2,250 2,033 187 163
5,871
50.4%
Chao Wu ✓ won the district
DEM
1,208 2,244 1,981 197 153
5,783
49.6%
House of Delegates, District 09B (Democratic) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Courtney Watson ✓ won the district ● leads here
DEM
1,118 1,568 1,554 134 100
4,474
83.2%
Abdun Matin
DEM
179 390 260 39 34
902
16.8%
House of Delegates, District 12A (Democratic) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Jessica Feldmark ✓ won the district
DEM
1,872 3,104 2,698 234 175
8,083
41.7%
Terri Hill ✓ won the district
DEM
2,022 3,036 2,581 227 165
8,031
41.4%
Joshua M. Heard
DEM
777 1,469 897 86 61
3,290
17.0%
House of Delegates, District 13 (Democratic) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Amy Brooks ✓ won the district
DEM
2,866 5,543 4,107 372 248
13,136
34.6%
Pam Lanman Guzzone ✓ won the district
DEM
2,775 5,200 4,009 339 241
12,564
33.1%
Gabriel Maximilian Moreno ✓ won the district
DEM
2,701 5,082 3,901 341 240
12,265
32.3%
County Executive (Democratic) county office
County Executive (Democratic) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Vanessa Atterbeary ✓ winner
DEM
5,354 9,228 6,783 697 483
22,545
54.9%
Deb Jung
DEM
1,929 3,515 3,064 308 215
9,031
22.0%
Liz Walsh
DEM
1,614 3,326 3,254 314 241
8,749
21.3%
Bob Cockey
DEM
127 309 243 27 26
732
1.8%
County Council, District 1 (Democratic) county office
County Council, District 1 (Democratic) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Kevin Chin ✓ winner
DEM
726 1,426 1,040 117 77
3,386
43.1%
James David Handley
DEM
657 1,122 936 85 57
2,857
36.3%
Jean Xu
DEM
352 644 529 55 39
1,619
20.6%
County Council, District 2 (Democratic) county office
County Council, District 2 (Democratic) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Jessica I. Nichols ✓ winner
DEM
1,083 2,026 1,614 147 102
4,972
63.2%
Arinze Malcolm Ifekauche
DEM
659 1,266 798 96 70
2,889
36.8%
County Council, District 3 (Democratic) county office
County Council, District 3 (Democratic) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Christiana Rigby ✓ winner
DEM
1,382 2,441 1,857 143 105
5,928
76.9%
Amir S. Naviwala
DEM
328 835 505 60 51
1,779
23.1%
County Council, District 4 (Democratic) county office
County Council, District 4 (Democratic) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Janssen Evelyn ✓ winner
DEM
1,162 1,713 1,413 146 101
4,535
47.4%
Linfeng Chen
DEM
506 849 895 91 62
2,403
25.1%
Regina Clay
DEM
346 468 489 42 32
1,377
14.4%
Shamieka Preston
DEM
267 539 381 39 21
1,247
13.0%
County Council, District 5 (Democratic) county office
County Council, District 5 (Democratic) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Cat Carter ✓ winner
DEM
982 1,879 1,794 155 125
4,935
76.9%
Felita Phillips
DEM
304 582 486 63 49
1,484
23.1%
Judge Circuit Court, Howard County Circuit Court 05 (Democratic) county office
Judge Circuit Court, Howard County Circuit Court 05 (Democratic) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Maurice C. Frazier ✓ winner
DEM
7,726 13,622 10,744 1,048 749
33,889
100.0%
State's Attorney (Democratic) county office
State's Attorney (Democratic) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Rich Gibson ✓ winner
DEM
7,814 13,710 10,875 1,062 756
34,217
100.0%
Clerk Circuit Court (Democratic) county office
Clerk Circuit Court (Democratic) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Jen Terrasa ✓ winner
DEM
7,822 13,672 10,838 1,054 759
34,145
100.0%
Register of Wills (Democratic) county office
Register of Wills (Democratic) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Byron E. Macfarlane ✓ winner
DEM
5,164 8,269 8,030 670 485
22,618
63.9%
Ajile F. Brown
DEM
2,866 5,785 3,368 426 308
12,753
36.1%
Sheriff (Democratic) county office
Sheriff (Democratic) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Marcus Harris ✓ winner
DEM
7,807 13,633 10,778 1,049 747
34,014
100.0%
DEM Cent Committee (Democratic) county office
DEM Cent Committee (Democratic) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Teresa Baker ✓ winner
DEM
5,352 8,938 6,494 590 414
21,788
5.0%
Lillian Holmes ✓ winner
DEM
4,919 8,019 6,394 556 402
20,290
4.7%
Mae A. Beale ✓ winner
DEM
4,949 7,962 6,354 551 425
20,241
4.7%
Jackie Scott ✓ winner
DEM
4,853 7,594 6,411 548 396
19,802
4.6%
Yolanda Vazquez ✓ winner
DEM
4,803 7,830 6,123 568 410
19,734
4.6%
Adriane Jemmott ✓ winner
DEM
4,483 7,244 5,817 478 365
18,387
4.2%
Kimberly Pfeifer ✓ winner
DEM
4,053 6,545 5,877 479 385
17,339
4.0%
Linda Lamppert Leslie ✓ winner
DEM
4,250 6,627 5,500 458 345
17,180
4.0%
Alex Horn ✓ winner
DEM
4,115 6,437 5,647 450 344
16,993
3.9%
McNeal Brown, Jr. ✓ winner
DEM
4,181 6,677 5,274 426 335
16,893
3.9%
Alli Krist ✓ winner
DEM
3,953 6,354 5,516 447 379
16,649
3.8%
James Ward Morrow ✓ winner
DEM
4,058 6,315 5,470 414 345
16,602
3.8%
Marina Lambrinou ✓ winner
DEM
3,967 6,322 5,357 453 346
16,445
3.8%
Sanjay G. George ✓ winner
DEM
3,897 5,977 5,114 411 341
15,740
3.6%
Vaughn Vogel ✓ winner
DEM
3,840 6,084 5,004 391 303
15,622
3.6%
Jonathan K. Branch ✓ winner
DEM
3,933 5,951 4,863 369 302
15,418
3.6%
Sandra Holt
DEM
3,739 6,625 4,233 391 297
15,285
3.5%
Adil Ahmed ✓ winner
DEM
3,629 6,105 4,695 427 335
15,191
3.5%
Lorinzo Foxworth ✓ winner
DEM
3,614 5,689 4,661 381 287
14,632
3.4%
Musa Jafri ✓ winner
DEM
3,432 5,841 4,337 404 318
14,332
3.3%
Shahan Rizvi ✓ winner
DEM
3,248 5,069 4,665 377 307
13,666
3.2%
Joanne R. LaCroix
DEM
3,053 5,417 3,641 360 256
12,727
2.9%
Joshua Hirsh
DEM
3,144 4,752 4,059 334 270
12,559
2.9%
Sean Ford
DEM
3,013 5,062 3,683 329 269
12,356
2.9%
Swati Sharma
DEM
2,357 4,576 2,982 355 249
10,519
2.4%
Julian Yuri Lanese
DEM
2,345 4,152 2,861 259 234
9,851
2.3%
Christina M. Sicuranza-Lanese
DEM
2,183 4,098 2,986 303 237
9,807
2.3%
Sriram Padmanabhan
DEM
1,718 3,249 2,113 231 175
7,486
1.7%
Republican ballot
Contests in this section (11)
Governor / Lt. Governor (Republican) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Ed Hale and Tyrone Keys, Jr. ● leads here
REP
536 1,512 689 51 44
2,832
40.6%
Dan Cox and Rob Krop ✓ won statewide
REP
536 1,437 447 45 52
2,517
36.1%
John A. Myrick and Brenda J. Thiam
REP
139 258 169 11 17
594
8.5%
Carl A. Brunner, Jr. and Kevin L. Rhodes, Sr.
REP
57 152 145 12 22
388
5.6%
Shannon Wright and Reba A. Hawkins
REP
26 78 79 8 11
202
2.9%
L. D. Burkindine and Jeremy M. Shifflett
REP
21 56 43 2 4
126
1.8%
Nancy Jane Taylor and Rachel Hannah "Mohawk" Swift
REP
15 48 46 2 3
114
1.6%
Douglas Larcomb and Martina D. Duncan
REP
12 38 45 4 7
106
1.5%
Michael Oakes and Ronald W. Abend
REP
21 34 34 6 6
101
1.4%
Comptroller (Republican) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Sonya Dunn ✓ won statewide ● leads here
REP
1,088 2,797 1,288 110 115
5,398
100.0%
Attorney General (Republican) in Howard
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
1,105 2,839 1,291 108 118
5,461
100.0%
U.S. Congress, District 3 (Republican) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Berney Flowers ✓ won the district ● leads here
REP
706 1,741 719 49 61
3,276
52.8%
John White
REP
239 676 301 28 28
1,272
20.5%
Ray Bly
REP
198 523 227 18 35
1,001
16.1%
Felix M. Seier
REP
110 267 244 20 19
660
10.6%
State Senator, District 9 (Republican) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Ben Hightower ✓ won the district ● leads here
REP
547 1,493 583 48 58
2,729
100.0%
House of Delegates, District 09A (Republican) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Fitzgerald Mofor ✓ won the district
REP
372 974 356 29 32
1,763
50.1%
Spencer Rhoda ✓ won the district
REP
354 990 342 29 40
1,755
49.9%
House of Delegates, District 12A (Republican) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Frank Glover ✓ won the district ● leads here
REP
222 548 297 19 17
1,103
100.0%
House of Delegates, District 13 (Republican) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Mark Fisher ✓ won the district ● leads here
REP
315 778 392 34 42
1,561
100.0%
County Council, District 5 (Republican) county office
County Council, District 5 (Republican) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Ryan P. O'Connor ✓ winner
REP
405 1,182 394 32 42
2,055
100.0%
Judge Circuit Court, Howard County Circuit Court 05 (Republican) county office
Judge Circuit Court, Howard County Circuit Court 05 (Republican) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Maurice C. Frazier ✓ winner
REP
1,032 2,668 1,220 100 110
5,130
100.0%
REP Cent Committee (Republican) county office
REP Cent Committee (Republican) in Howard
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Gary Clark ✓ winner
REP
991 2,427 1,058 82 97
4,655
13.3%
Jim Walsh ✓ winner
REP
972 2,375 1,054 80 90
4,571
13.1%
Dan Kramer ✓ winner
REP
950 2,330 1,027 77 88
4,472
12.8%
Loretta H. Shields ✓ winner
REP
957 2,250 1,024 80 88
4,399
12.6%
Libby Murray ✓ winner
REP
939 2,144 1,016 77 81
4,257
12.2%
Steven Sendelbach ✓ winner
REP
908 2,177 980 77 80
4,222
12.1%
Nancy Shih ✓ winner
REP
907 2,124 1,019 78 87
4,215
12.1%
Jay Gerarden ✓ winner
REP
907 2,134 985 74 80
4,180
12.0%
Source: the State Board of Elections' results files (CSV), from its
election data page .
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