House of Delegates, District 36 (Republican)

House of Delegates, Republican primary. 2026 Gubernatorial Primary, 4 counties. Totals are the county results added up; a check mark is the State Board's winner flag.

Totals

House of Delegates, District 36 (Republican), totals by way of voting
Candidate Party EarlyElection NightMail-In Ballot 1ProvisionalMail-In Ballot 2 Total Share
Steve Arentz (Queen Anne's County) winner REP 2,1494,321832134248 7,684 33.6%
Jay A. Jacobs (Kent County) winner REP 2,1154,329806129262 7,641 33.4%
Jeff Ghrist (Caroline County) winner REP 2,1144,289776127244 7,550 33.0%

"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.

Winner's share: Steve Arentz (Queen Anne's County) share of the votes cast in the county
Allegany: not on the ballot, or no votes cast Anne Arundel: not on the ballot, or no votes cast Baltimore City: not on the ballot, or no votes cast Baltimore County: not on the ballot, or no votes cast Calvert: not on the ballot, or no votes cast Caroline: 32.3% Carroll: not on the ballot, or no votes cast Cecil: 32.9% Charles: not on the ballot, or no votes cast Dorchester: not on the ballot, or no votes cast Frederick: not on the ballot, or no votes cast Garrett: not on the ballot, or no votes cast Harford: not on the ballot, or no votes cast Howard: not on the ballot, or no votes cast Kent: 31.5% Montgomery: not on the ballot, or no votes cast Prince George's: not on the ballot, or no votes cast Queen Anne's: 35.0% Somerset: not on the ballot, or no votes cast St. Mary's: not on the ballot, or no votes cast Talbot: not on the ballot, or no votes cast Washington: not on the ballot, or no votes cast Wicomico: not on the ballot, or no votes cast Worcester: not on the ballot, or no votes cast
  • under 32%
  • 32 to 32.8%
  • 32.8 to 33.6%
  • 33.6 to 34.4%
  • 34.4% or more
  • not on the ballot, or no votes cast

This contest elects more than one candidate, so a candidate's share is of the votes cast, not of voters.

By county

House of Delegates, District 36 (Republican) by county
County Steve Arentz (Queen Anne's County) (REP) Jay A. Jacobs (Kent County) (REP) Jeff Ghrist (Caroline County) (REP) Total
Caroline 755 753 828 2,336
Cecil 2,288 2,332 2,331 6,951
Kent 1,067 1,245 1,070 3,382
Queen Anne's 3,574 3,311 3,321 10,206
Source: the State Board of Elections' results files (CSV), from its election data page.
The 4 files behind this contest