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1998 Gubernatorial Election

Voter Turnout by Congressional District

The following tables show voter turnout for the 1998 Gubernatorial General Election broken down by party affiliation.

Democratic Party

First District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	68,810	43,690	1,361	45,051	65.47
Baltimore City	2,556	1,228	24	1,252	48.98
Caroline	5,973	3,467	149	3,616	60.54
Cecil	19,975	10,549	351	10,900	54.57
Dorchester	9,433	5,720	232	5,952	63.10
Kent	5,789	3,845	193	4,038	69.75
Queen Anne's	9,555	6,393	264	6,657	69.67
Somerset	6,938	3,737	179	3,916	56.44
Talbot	8,598	5,002	224	5,226	60.78
Wicomico	21,979	11,393	377	11,770	53.55
Worcester	14,016	8,235	534	8,769	62.56
Total	173,622	103,259	3,888	107,147	61.71

Second District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	13,362	8,883	196	9,079	67.95
Baltimore	120,941	74,244	2,081	76,325	63.11
Harford	55,472	36,318	1,139	37,457	67.52
Total	189,775	119,445	3,416	122,861	64.74

Third District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	15,036	9,333	198	9,531	63.39
Baltimore City	81,088	48,076	1,225	49,301	60.80
Baltimore	79,458	50,142	1,253	51,395	64.68
Howard	30,277	19,594	710	20,304	67.06
Total	205,859	127,145	3,386	130,531	63.41

Fourth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Montgomery	50,681	33,087	974	34,061	67.21
Prince George's	149,246	89,315	1,322	90,637	60.73
Total	199,927	122,402	2,296	124,698	62.37

Fifth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	20,960	13,532	395	13,927	66.45
Calvert	16,858	10,586	349	10,935	64.87
Charles	26,511	15,547	522	16,069	60.61
Prince George's	90,600	58,824	1,284	60,108	66.34
St. Mary's	19,748	11,619	521	12,140	61.47
Total	174,677	110,108	3,071	113,179	64.79

Sixth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	17,978	9,975	351	10,326	57.44
Carroll	29,854	18,443	613	19,056	63.83
Frederick	37,840	21,707	598	22,305	58.95
Garrett	4,665	2,427	121	2,548	54.62
Howard	31,879	21,255	834	22,089	69.29
Washington	28,349	15,511	637	16,148	56.96
Total	150,565	89,318	3,154	92,472	61.42

Seventh District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore City	156,701	86,891	1,733	88,624	56.56
Baltimore	48,854	30,836	620	31,456	64.39
Total	205,555	117,727	2,353	120,080	58.42

Eighth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Montgomery	179,550	119,419	4,757	124,176	69.16

Republican Party

First District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	56,423	34,945	1,625	36,570	64.81
Baltimore City	624	298	10	308	49.36
Caroline	4,701	2,835	131	2,966	63.09
Cecil	14,574	7,729	286	8,015	55.00
Dorchester	5,021	3,123	159	3,282	65.37
Kent	3,794	2,398	160	2,558	67.42
Queen Anne's	8,316	5,581	267	5,848	70.32
Somerset	3,403	2,118	108	2,226	65.41
Talbot	8,831	5,470	374	5,844	66.18
Wicomico	15,560	8,643	348	8,991	57.78
Worcester	9,733	5,625	422	6,047	62.13
Total	130,980	78,765	3,890	82,655	63.11

Second District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	11,379	7,322	265	7,587	66.68
Baltimore	67,183	40,841	1,820	42,661	63.50
Harford	44,804	29,696	1,169	30,865	68.89
Total	123,366	77,859	3,254	81,113	65.75

Third District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	8,727	5,124	174	5,298	60.71
Baltimore City	15,169	8,100	415	8,515	56.13
Baltimore	29,872	16,998	652	17,650	59.09
Howard	17,920	10,762	456	11,218	62.60
Total	71,688	40,984	1,697	42,681	59.54

Fourth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Montgomery	15,963	9,477	434	9,911	62.09
Prince George's	17,281	8,573	506	9,079	52.54
Total	33,244	18,050	940	18,990	57.12

Fifth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	20,643	13,052	486	13,538	65.58
Calvert	15,296	9,311	369	9,680	63.28
Charles	22,843	12,958	571	13,529	59.23
Prince George's	36,710	22,247	894	23,141	63.04
St. Mary's	13,754	7,762	351	8,113	58.99
Total	109,246	65,330	2,671	68,001	62.25

Sixth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	19,155	11,057	480	11,537	60.23
Carroll	38,967	24,464	1,010	25,474	65.37
Frederick	44,416	25,767	931	26,698	60.11
Garrett	9,460	5,403	287	5,690	60.15
Howard	29,933	19,306	980	20,286	67.77
Washington	28,836	15,809	859	16,668	57.80
Total	170,767	101,806	4,547	106,353	62.28

Seventh District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore City	12,195	4,783	277	5,060	41.49
Baltimore	15,025	8,850	364	9,214	61.32
Total	27,220	13,633	641	14,274	52.44

Eighth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Montgomery	111,734	69,488	3,382	72,870	65.22

Reform Party

First District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	141	0	0	0	0.00
Baltimore City	3	0	0	0	0.00
Caroline	25	0	0	0	0.00
Cecil	29	7	0	7	24.14
Dorchester	91	16	0	16	17.58
Kent	7	1	0	1	14.29
Queen Anne's	16	5	0	5	31.25
Somerset	69	0	0	0	0.00
Talbot	10	0	0	0	0.00
Wicomico	58	24	0	24	41.38
Worcester	52	17	1	18	34.62
Total	501	70	1	71	14.17

Second District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	19	0	0	0	0.00
Baltimore	115	44	1	45	39.13
Harford	78	0	0	0	0.00
Total	212	44	1	45	21.23

Third District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	30	0	0	0	0.00
Baltimore City	53	0	0	0	0.00
Baltimore	68	25	2	27	39.71
Howard	33	10	0	10	30.30
Total	184	35	2	37	20.11

Fourth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Montgomery	25	5	0	5	20.00
Prince George's	82	26	1	27	32.93
Total	107	31	1	32	29.91

Fifth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	39	0	0	0	0.00
Calvert	12	0	0	0	0.00
Charles	44	13	0	13	29.55
Prince George's	69	36	0	36	52.17
St. Mary's	33	0	0	0	0.00
Total	197	49	0	49	24.87

Sixth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	33	5	0	5	15.15
Carroll	58	0	0	0	0.00
Frederick	76	0	0	0	0.00
Garrett	8	0	0	0	0.00
Howard	44	14	1	15	34.09
Washington	59	12	1	13	22.03
Total	278	31	2	33	11.87

Seventh District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore City	58	0	0	0	0.00
Baltimore	32	9	1	10	31.25
Total	90	9	1	10	11.11

Eighth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Montgomery	186	87	1	88	47.31

Decline and Other Parties

First District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	18,783	8,528	197	8,725	46.45
Baltimore City	315	111	1	112	35.56
Caroline	1,355	481	11	492	36.31
Cecil	5,894	1,973	49	2,022	34.31
Dorchester	1,277	431	10	441	34.53
Kent	930	422	16	438	47.10
Queen Anne's	2,103	888	24	912	43.37
Somerset	929	327	10	337	36.28
Talbot	2,263	920	37	957	42.29
Wicomico	4,794	1,317	28	1,345	28.06
Worcester	3,189	1,154	61	1,215	38.10
Total	41,832	16,552	444	16,996	40.63

Second District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	3,055	1,360	21	1,381	45.20
Baltimore	19,316	7,389	147	7,536	39.01
Harford	10,954	5,165	134	5,299	48.38
Total	33,325	13,914	302	14,216	42.66

Third District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	3,513	1,419	21	1,440	40.99
Baltimore City	7,606	3,051	67	3,118	40.99
Baltimore	11,468	4,450	68	4,518	39.40
Howard	9,782	4,565	119	4,684	47.88
Total	32,369	13,485	275	13,760	42.51

Fourth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Montgomery	12,394	5,847	123	5,970	48.17
Prince George's	21,937	7,865	102	7,967	36.32
Total	34,331	13,712	225	13,937	40.60

Fifth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	7,157	3,409	70	3,479	48.61
Calvert	4,809	2,101	62	2,163	44.98
Charles	7,080	2,827	67	2,894	40.88
Prince George's	21,715	9,616	157	9,773	45.01
St. Mary's	4,392	1,759	82	1,841	41.92
Total	45,153	19,712	438	20,150	44.63

Sixth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	3,147	864	18	882	28.03
Carroll	8,116	3,538	79	3,617	44.57
Frederick	14,227	5,253	103	5,356	37.65
Garrett	844	237	14	251	29.74
Howard	10,994	5,272	162	5,434	49.43
Washington	7,783	2,224	67	2,291	29.44
Total	45,111	17,388	443	17,831	39.53

Seventh District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore City	9,468	3,399	95	3,494	36.90
Baltimore	6,885	2,787	35	2,822	40.99
Total	16,353	6,186	130	6,316	38.62

Eighth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Montgomery	61,645	30,512	830	31,342	50.84

All Registered Voters

First District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	144,157	87,163	3,183	90,346	62.67
Baltimore City	3,498	1,637	35	1,672	47.80
Caroline	12,054	6,783	291	7,074	58.69
Cecil	40,472	20,258	686	20,944	51.75
Dorchester	15,822	9,290	401	9,691	61.25
Kent	10,520	6,666	369	7,035	66.87
Queen Anne's	19,990	12,867	555	13,422	67.14
Somerset	11,339	6,182	297	6,479	57.14
Talbot	19,702	11,392	635	12,027	61.04
Wicomico	42,391	21,377	753	22,130	52.20
Worcester	26,990	15,031	1,018	16,049	59.46
Total	346,935	198,646	8,223	206,869	59.63

Second District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	27,815	17,565	482	18,047	64.88
Baltimore	207,555	122,527	4,049	126,567	60.98
Harford	111,308	71,179	2,442	73,621	66.14
Total	346,678	211,271	6,973	218,235	62.95

Third District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	27,306	15,876	393	16,269	59.58
Baltimore City	103,916	59,227	1,707	60,934	58.64
Baltimore	120,866	71,615	1,975	73,590	60.89
Howard	58,012	34,931	1,285	36,216	62.43
Total	310,100	181,649	5,360	187,009	60.31

Fourth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Montgomery	79,063	48,416	1,531	49,947	63.17
Prince George's	188,546	105,779	1,931	107,710	57.13
Total	267,609	154,195	3,462	157,657	58.91

Fifth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	48,799	29,993	951	30,944	63.41
Calvert	36,975	21,998	780	22,778	61.60
Charles	56,478	31,345	1,160	32,505	57.55
Prince George's	149,094	90,723	2,335	93,058	62.42
St. Mary's	37,927	21,140	954	22,094	58.25
Total	329,273	195,199	6,180	201,379	61.16

Sixth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	40,313	21,901	849	22,750	56.43
Carroll	76,995	46,445	1,702	48,147	62.53
Frederick	96,559	52,727	1,632	54,359	56.30
Garrett	14,977	8,067	422	8,489	56.68
Howard	72,850	45,847	1,977	47,824	65.65
Washington	65,027	33,556	1,564	35,120	54.01
Total	366,721	208,543	8,146	216,689	59.09

Seventh District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore City	178,422	95,073	2,105	97,178	54.47
Baltimore	70,796	42,482	1,020	43,502	61.45
Total	249,218	137,555	3,125	140,680	56.45

Eighth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Montgomery	353,115	219,506	8,970	228,476	64.70

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