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Somerset
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 Somerset. 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 (9) Republican ballot (16) Nonpartisan ballot (3)
Democratic ballot
Contests in this section (9)
Governor / Lt. Governor (Democratic) in Somerset
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
232 514 179 98 77
1,100
83.8%
Eric S. Felber and LaTrece Hawkins Lytes
DEM
39 107 26 26 14
212
16.2%
Comptroller (Democratic) in Somerset
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Brooke Elizabeth Lierman ✓ won statewide ● leads here
DEM
224 482 172 104 75
1,057
100.0%
Attorney General (Democratic) in Somerset
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Anthony G. Brown ✓ won statewide ● leads here
DEM
236 527 172 106 81
1,122
100.0%
U.S. Congress, District 1 (Democratic) in Somerset
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Randi White ● leads here
DEM
144 379 89 61 42
715
61.5%
Dan Schwartz ✓ won the district
DEM
64 113 60 28 21
286
24.6%
Victor Allen Guidice
DEM
11 46 16 10 12
95
8.2%
George Walish
DEM
24 25 7 7 4
67
5.8%
State Senator, District 38 (Democratic) in Somerset
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Lino V. Cressotti ✓ won the district ● leads here
DEM
208 457 158 94 72
989
100.0%
House of Delegates, District 38A (Democratic) in Somerset
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Shelley Johnson ✓ won the district ● leads here
DEM
239 568 171 104 76
1,158
100.0%
County Commissioner, District 1 (Democratic) county office
County Commissioner, District 1 (Democratic) in Somerset
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Craig N. Mathies, Sr. ✓ winner
DEM
44 129 17 11 10
211
80.2%
Eugene "Skip" W. Colborn
DEM
4 18 13 12 5
52
19.8%
County Commissioner, District 5 (Democratic) county office
County Commissioner, District 5 (Democratic) in Somerset
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Randy Laird ✓ winner
DEM
39 104 35 17 16
211
100.0%
DEM Cent Committee (Democratic) county office
DEM Cent Committee (Democratic) in Somerset
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Glendon A. Jones, Jr. ✓ winner
DEM
207 403 140 83 52
885
19.4%
Laverne Stewart ✓ winner
DEM
204 424 116 78 42
864
18.9%
Jason Todd Phillips ✓ winner
DEM
191 419 123 73 47
853
18.7%
Shanee L. Kellam ✓ winner
DEM
179 340 96 56 42
713
15.6%
Siana Brown ✓ winner
DEM
152 280 98 66 42
638
14.0%
Amanda L. Clark
DEM
138 256 103 76 43
616
13.5%
Republican ballot
Contests in this section (16)
Governor / Lt. Governor (Republican) in Somerset
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
335 751 59 41 28
1,214
64.8%
Ed Hale and Tyrone Keys, Jr.
REP
108 180 13 17 8
326
17.4%
Carl A. Brunner, Jr. and Kevin L. Rhodes, Sr.
REP
28 74 7 14 2
125
6.7%
John A. Myrick and Brenda J. Thiam
REP
28 44 4 8 7
91
4.9%
L. D. Burkindine and Jeremy M. Shifflett
REP
11 14 3 3 1
32
1.7%
Nancy Jane Taylor and Rachel Hannah "Mohawk" Swift
REP
6 18 3 3 2
32
1.7%
Shannon Wright and Reba A. Hawkins
REP
4 18 3 1 0
26
1.4%
Michael Oakes and Ronald W. Abend
REP
3 8 2 3 1
17
0.9%
Douglas Larcomb and Martina D. Duncan
REP
2 6 0 1 1
10
0.5%
Comptroller (Republican) in Somerset
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Sonya Dunn ✓ won statewide ● leads here
REP
377 783 67 65 37
1,329
100.0%
Attorney General (Republican) in Somerset
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
377 789 66 67 37
1,336
100.0%
U.S. Congress, District 1 (Republican) in Somerset
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Andy Harris ✓ won the district ● leads here
REP
479 983 80 79 34
1,655
87.2%
Chris Bruneau
REP
56 134 16 17 20
243
12.8%
State Senator, District 38 (Republican) in Somerset
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Mary Beth Carozza ✓ won the district ● leads here
REP
476 975 81 74 49
1,655
100.0%
House of Delegates, District 38A (Republican) in Somerset
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Timothy H. Howlett ● leads here
REP
267 573 40 53 30
963
52.2%
C. L. Marshall, III ✓ won the district
REP
259 514 52 40 17
882
47.8%
County Commissioner, District 2 (Republican) county office
County Commissioner, District 2 (Republican) in Somerset
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Darryl K. Webster ✓ winner
REP
62 91 8 11 1
173
54.4%
Rex D. Simpkins
REP
54 75 8 6 2
145
45.6%
County Commissioner, District 3 (Republican) county office
County Commissioner, District 3 (Republican) in Somerset
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Eldon S. Willing ✓ winner
REP
64 206 13 19 8
310
66.5%
Michael K. McCready
REP
41 95 8 7 5
156
33.5%
County Commissioner, District 4 (Republican) county office
County Commissioner, District 4 (Republican) in Somerset
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Bryant C. Owens ✓ winner
REP
152 280 24 14 22
492
100.0%
County Commissioner, District 5 (Republican) county office
County Commissioner, District 5 (Republican) in Somerset
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Ricky Thomas ✓ winner
REP
100 211 16 16 8
351
100.0%
State's Attorney (Republican) county office
State's Attorney (Republican) in Somerset
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Wess Garner ✓ winner
REP
440 866 74 64 41
1,485
100.0%
Clerk Circuit Court (Republican) county office
Clerk Circuit Court (Republican) in Somerset
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Charles T. Horner, Sr. ✓ winner
REP
461 940 79 72 47
1,599
100.0%
Register of Wills (Republican) county office
Register of Wills (Republican) in Somerset
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Keith B. Ward ✓ winner
REP
456 923 81 71 41
1,572
100.0%
Judge Orphans' Court (Republican) county office
Judge Orphans' Court (Republican) in Somerset
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Stephen Willing ✓ winner
REP
424 879 68 70 40
1,481
36.1%
Libby Hall ✓ winner
REP
379 717 68 60 24
1,248
30.4%
Kathleen L. Crossan ✓ winner
REP
299 480 58 41 21
899
21.9%
Kearon D. Lehman, Jr.
REP
133 281 23 27 12
476
11.6%
Sheriff (Republican) county office
Sheriff (Republican) in Somerset
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Ronald Howard ✓ winner
REP
469 951 76 73 45
1,614
100.0%
REP Cent Committee (Republican) county office
REP Cent Committee (Republican) in Somerset
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Ricky Thomas ✓ winner
REP
345 700 61 53 33
1,192
16.3%
Tammy Chaffey Truitt ✓ winner
REP
320 667 55 44 32
1,118
15.3%
Jeffery W. Sharpless ✓ winner
REP
335 644 58 49 31
1,117
15.2%
Suzanne Tawes Smith ✓ winner
REP
307 603 57 48 32
1,047
14.3%
Tracey Hall ✓ winner
REP
294 599 53 46 29
1,021
13.9%
George Michael Tull ✓ winner
REP
284 544 53 45 28
954
13.0%
Jennie L. Challis ✓ winner
REP
263 492 53 47 26
881
12.0%
Nonpartisan ballot
Contests in this section (3)
Board of Education, District 1 (Nonpartisan) county office
Board of Education, District 1 (Nonpartisan) in Somerset
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Valentina Downing ✓ winner
NON
31 144 17 17 8
217
59.6%
Sharyn Yuloff ✓ winner
NON
26 37 7 12 2
84
23.1%
Andrew S. Gleason
NON
17 26 11 4 5
63
17.3%
Board of Education, District 3 (Nonpartisan) county office
Board of Education, District 3 (Nonpartisan) in Somerset
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
James White, Jr. ✓ winner
NON
71 183 32 20 13
319
42.5%
Samantha D. Windsor ✓ winner
NON
59 162 19 25 11
276
36.8%
Lil Joe Hylton
NON
27 99 10 12 7
155
20.7%
Board of Education, District 5 (Nonpartisan) county office
Board of Education, District 5 (Nonpartisan) in Somerset
Candidate
Party
Early Election Night Mail-In Ballot 1 Provisional Mail-In Ballot 2
Total
Share
Ron Purnell ✓ winner
NON
107 220 35 27 9
398
60.9%
Vanessa F. Jones ✓ winner
NON
34 117 8 10 10
179
27.4%
Elizabeth K. Brock
NON
12 42 8 6 8
76
11.6%
Source: the State Board of Elections' results files (CSV), from its
election data page .
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