2026 results · Maryland · Maryland Comptroller
Brooke Elizabeth Lierman, the Democrat, is elected Maryland Comptroller
Kamala Harris carried Maryland by 28.8 points in 2024; this year's count is a 7.2-point move toward the Democrats.
| Candidate | Votes | Share | Share of the vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooke Elizabeth LiermanDemocrat | 1,351,367 | 67.9% | |
| Sonya DunnRepublican | 635,690 | 32.0% | |
| Other Write-InsOther party | 1,918 | 0.1% |
Called by Call the Map, Nov 4, 8:45 AM EST · 91% counted.
About 91% of the expected vote counted1,988,975 votesCount last changed Nov 7, 5:06 PM ESTSource: Maryland State Board of Elections
The map
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What moved most
Scroll through Maryland, part by part. The parts follow the federal government’s metropolitan areas: each big metro’s core counties, its suburbs and outer suburbs, the smaller metro areas, then the small towns and countryside.
What the count shows
Added together, the 24 counties compared moved 7.2 points toward the Democrats from the 2024 presidential vote.
The counties compared cast 66% as many votes as in 2024, from 78% in Talbot County to 59% in Cecil County. Turnout and the move from 2024 were barely related.
Washington County moved most: R+23.0 for president in 2024, R+10.0 this year
The 10 counties with the largest moves from the 2024 presidential vote, among those with 2,000 or more votes for president in 2024 and a quarter of that counted, and at least half a percent of the state's 2024 vote. Each line runs from the 2024 margin to this year’s.
2024 president 2026
Prince George's County added 87,108 net votes for Dunn against the 2024 margin, 58% of the statewide change
Across the 24 counties compared, the margin moved by 151,350 votes toward Dunn: this year’s lead in votes against the 2024 presidential lead in votes, county by county. The figure counts voters who changed sides and differences in who turned out alike; the count cannot tell them apart.
- Prince George's County+87,108 Dunn
- Montgomery County+68,191 Dunn
- Baltimore city+51,476 Dunn
- Baltimore County+19,240 Dunn
- Harford County+14,543 Lierman
- Washington County+12,015 Lierman
- Carroll County+10,421 Lierman
- Howard County+9,557 Dunn
3 counties Donald Trump carried in 2024 are led by Lierman this year
Striped on the map above. Largest first.
- Wicomico CountyR+5.5D+2.7
- Talbot CountyEvenD+1.7
- Kent CountyR+2.8D+0.6
How the vote came in
Lierman did best among mail ballots (D+62.6) and Dunn among Election Day votes(D+24.2).
- Election Day1,063,954 votes, 53% of the countD+24.2
- Early Voting593,317 votes, 30% of the countD+42.2
- Mail-In Ballot331,704 votes, 17% of the countD+62.6
The office’s own categories, as it reports them. Margins are within each kind of vote.
What the places that moved have in common
Each of Maryland’s counties, set against the Census Bureau’s figures for who lives there. A pattern across counties, not an exit poll: it does not say how any group of people voted.
Urban, suburban and rural counties
2024 president 2026 · Urban: 1,000 or more residents per square mile; suburban: 100 to 999; rural: under 100 (our grouping).
Census Bureau ACS 2019–2023 and 2023 Gazetteer; a county joins once its count is substantially in.
Maryland’s ballot
StatewideDemocrats won all 3 of Maryland's statewide races.
U.S. HouseBefore the election D 7–1, now D 7–1
won leads, still counting changed party. Margins are the leader’s share minus the runner-up’s, in points.
Every count on this page is the official count published by the Maryland State Board of Elections. Counts are unofficial until the state certifies them. The 2024 comparison is the presidential vote, Kamala Harris against Donald Trump, on the same ground. Margins are the Democrat minus the Republican, in points of all votes.