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2026 results · Maryland

Wes Moore, the Democrat, is elected governor of Maryland by 31.5 points

Kamala Harris carried Maryland by 28.8 points in 2024; the governor's race moved 2.7 points toward Democrats.

In the House, every one of the eight contested seats moved toward Democrats, the median one 9.8 points.

Who won each county, and how far it moved

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Maryland’s eight House seats

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Before7–1
20267–1

Solid: won. The tick marks a majority (5 of 8).

The seat that decided the majority: MD-05, D+39.3, a district that voted D+33.2 for president in 2024.

Every seat, 2024 to 2026. Open circle: the 2024 presidential margin in the district. Filled: the 2026 House margin. Ordered from the most Democratic result to the most Republican; the rule marks the 5 seats needed for a majority.
  1. MD-04Glenn F. IveyD+82.9← 9.1
  2. MD-07Kweisi MfumeD+68.6← 9.6
  3. MD-08Jamie RaskinD+67.3← 10.7
  4. MD-05Adrian BoafoD+39.3← 6.1
  5. MD-03Sarah ElfrethD+34.0← 10.1
  6. MD-02John "Johnny O" Olszewski, Jr.D+25.6← 7.1
  7. MD-06April McClain DelaneyD+18.6← 12.8
  8. MD-01Andy HarrisR+6.9← 10.0

← moved toward Democrats, → toward Republicans, in points from the 2024 presidential vote in the district. * still counting: the expected finish.

Close up: the four counties that moved most

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Each county’s move from the 2024 presidential vote in the governor's race; the maps above show the result beside it.

In the governor's race, these moved furthest toward Democrats, among counties with 2,000 or more votes in 2024 and at least half a percent of the state’s.

  1. Montgomery County

    Moved 9.4 points toward Democrats: D+53.3 for president in 2024; Wes Moore, the Democrat, carried it at D+62.7.

    329,481 votes counted, 513,919 cast in 2024.

  2. Washington County

    Moved 8.6 points toward Democrats: R+23.0 for president in 2024; Dan Cox, the Republican, carried it at R+14.4.

    48,760 votes counted, 73,001 cast in 2024.

  3. Frederick County

    Moved 8.2 points toward Democrats: D+8.8 for president in 2024; Wes Moore, the Democrat, carried it at D+17.1.

    110,439 votes counted, 155,004 cast in 2024.

  4. Charles County

    Moved 7.6 points toward Democrats: D+40.7 for president in 2024; Wes Moore, the Democrat, carried it at D+48.3.

    66,854 votes counted, 91,650 cast in 2024.

9 counties moved the other way, toward Republicans, the furthest Somerset County, Dorchester County and Kent County.

Who lives where it moved

Across counties, ten more points of adults with a degree went with a county about 1.4 points more Democratic, on average (r = 0.39, a weak relationship).

R+10R+50D+5D+1010%30%50%70%% with a bachelor's degree →↑ moved toward Democrats from 2024

By place

Urban6 counties, 1,334,172 votes3.8 pts → D
Suburban14 counties, 643,392 votes3.8 pts → D
Rural4 counties, 38,426 votes1.7 pts → R

By race and ethnicity

Black residents 30% or more4 counties, 475,604 votes4.5 pts → D
White non-Hispanic 85% or more3 counties, 102,403 votes0.5 pts → D
Every other county17 counties, 1,437,983 votes2.9 pts → D

Each group’s counties added together: its 2026 margin against its 2024 presidential margin. Census Bureau American Community Survey, 2019–2023. Counties, not voters: there are no exit polls here.

Every race in Maryland

Senate and governor

GovernorWes Moore Dover Dan Cox (R)D+31.5D+28.82.7 pts → Dwon

House · Closest first

District 1Andy Harris Rover Dan Schwartz (D)R+6.9R+16.910.0 pts → DwonDistrict 6April McClain Delaney Dover Robin Ficker (R)D+18.6D+5.812.8 pts → DwonDistrict 2Johnny Olszewski Dover Dave Wallace (R)D+25.6D+18.57.1 pts → DwonDistrict 3Sarah Elfreth Dover Berney Flowers (R)D+34.0D+23.910.1 pts → DwonDistrict 5Adrian Boafo Dover Chris Chaffee (R)D+39.3D+33.26.1 pts → Dwon

Other statewide offices

ComptrollerBrooke Elizabeth Lierman Dover Sonya Dunn (R)D+36.0D+28.87.2 pts → DwonAttorney GeneralAnthony G. Brown Dover James B. Rutledge, III (R)D+36.1D+28.87.4 pts → Dwon

Margins are the winner’s or leader’s lead in points of all votes cast. * Still counting: where we expect the count to finish. The move is the 2026 margin against the 2024 presidential margin on the same ground, for races between a Democrat and a Republican.

Ticket splitting

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Across the 16 counties that lie wholly in one district, the governor's race went R+8.6 and the House races R+1.1: the governor's margin ran 7.5 points more Republican than the House margin. 3 counties were carried by different parties in the two.

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Points of difference between the Governor margin and the House margin in each county.

Gov. D, House RGov. R, House DR+60R+30R+3000D+30D+30D+60D+60same margin in both ↗House marginGovernor margin
Each circle is a county, its area the votes cast. Above the line the Governor Democrat did better than the House Democrat; below it, worse.

24045carried by different parties

Governor
R+3.4Moore against Cox
House
D+5.2the district's race
Difference
R+8.6Cox ran ahead
Votes
about 32,062
Most votes firstGov.HouseDiff.
  • 24025R+12.9R+2.0R+10.9
  • 24017D+48.3D+51.2R+3.0
  • 24043R+14.4R+9.5R+4.9
  • 24037R+14.3R+10.3R+4.0
  • 24009R+10.0R+5.9R+4.1
  • 24045R+3.4D+5.2R+8.6
  • 24015R+30.2R+19.9R+10.2
  • 24035R+28.2R+16.1R+12.1
  • 24047R+24.0R+15.3R+8.7
  • 24001R+33.6R+27.9R+5.7
  • 24041R+2.2D+8.5R+10.7
  • 24019R+19.0R+8.2R+10.9
  • 24011R+38.4R+27.6R+10.9
  • 24023R+51.3R+47.1R+4.1
  • 24029R+6.3D+5.3R+11.6
  • 24039R+23.0R+17.0R+6.0

Margins are the Democrat minus the Republican in points of all votes cast in that race, from the counts the state’s election office has published so far; a county still counting is compared on what it has counted in both. The House is compared only in counties that lie wholly inside one congressional district, so the county's House margin is one race's margin; a county divided between districts, or in a district without a Democrat against a Republican, is left out. 8 counties are left out. A difference is not a count of split tickets: a voter who skipped one race moves it too.

Maryland’s legislature

Senate47 of 47 seats on the ballotBefore34–13Leaders35–121 seat is led by another party than held it. Democrats keep control.Every district, mapped →House of Delegates141 of 141 seats on the ballotBefore102–39Leaders106–353 seats are led by another party than held them. Democrats keep control.Every district, mapped →

Counts are Maryland’s official state and county counts, published by the Maryland State Board of Elections. Where a race is still being counted, its margin is where we expect the count to finish, marked *. A move from 2024 is the 2026 margin against Kamala Harris’s margin over Donald Trump in the same place. A race is won when we call it or the state certifies it.