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Official 2008 Presidential General Election results for Baltimore City


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President of the United States

(Vote for One)
Name Party Election Day Absentee / Provisional Total Percentage
Obama/ Biden Winner Selected     
Democratic 197,653 16,732 214,385 87.2%
McCain/ Palin
Republican 26,137 2,544 28,681 11.7%
McKinney/ Clemente
Green 529 49 578 0.2%
Barr/ Root
Libertarian 622 53 675 0.3%
Nader/ Gonzalez
Independent 841 65 906 0.4%
Baldwin/ Castle
Constitution 182 15 197 0.1%
Donald K. Allen (Write In)
Unaffiliated 4 0 4 0.0%
Jose M. Aparicio (Write In)
Unaffiliated 0 0 0 0.0%
Lawson Mitchell Bone (Write In)
Unaffiliated 0 0 0 0.0%
Theodis (Ted) Brown, Sr. (Write In)
Unaffiliated 0 0 0 0.0%
James D. Criveau (Write In)
Unaffiliated 0 0 0 0.0%
RaeDeen R. Heupel (Write In)
Unaffiliated 0 0 0 0.0%
Ronald G. Hobbs (Write In)
Unaffiliated 0 0 0 0.0%
Charles Jay (Write In)
Unaffiliated 0 0 0 0.0%
Keith Russell Judd (Write In)
Unaffiliated 0 0 0 0.0%
Alan Keyes (Write In)
Unaffiliated 14 2 16 0.0%
Monroe Lee (Write In)
Unaffiliated 0 0 0 0.0%
Brian Moore (Write In)
Unaffiliated 0 1 1 0.0%
Frank Moore (Write In)
Unaffiliated 0 0 0 0.0%
Joe Schriner (Write In)
Unaffiliated 0 0 0 0.0%
David Jon Sponheim (Write In)
Unaffiliated 0 0 0 0.0%
Lynne A. Starr (Write In)
Unaffiliated 0 0 0 0.0%
Blaine Taylor (Write In)
Unaffiliated 0 0 0 0.0%
Other Write-Ins
N/A 456 69 525 0.2%

Representative in Congress

Congressional District 2

(Vote for One)
Name Party Election Day Absentee / Provisional Total Percentage
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger Winner Selected     
Democratic 32,516 2,294 34,810 90.0%
Richard Pryce Matthews
Republican 2,431 249 2,680 6.9%
Lorenzo Gaztanaga
Libertarian 1,084 60 1,144 3.0%
Other Write-Ins
N/A 46 4 50 0.1%

Congressional District 3

(Vote for One)
Name Party Election Day Absentee / Provisional Total Percentage
John P. Sarbanes Winner Selected     
Democratic 44,396 4,749 49,145 80.5%
Thomas E. "Pinkston" Harris
Republican 10,693 1,058 11,751 19.2%
Other Write-Ins
N/A 166 25 191 0.3%

Congressional District 7

(Vote for One)
Name Party Election Day Absentee / Provisional Total Percentage
Elijah Cummings Winner Selected     
Democratic 113,449 9,248 122,697 95.2%
Michael T. Hargadon
Republican 3,780 470 4,250 3.3%
Ronald M. Owens-Bey
Libertarian 1,693 159 1,852 1.4%
Ray Bly (Write In)
Unaffiliated 1 0 1 0.0%
Charles U. Smith (Write In)
Unaffiliated 2 0 2 0.0%
Other Write-Ins
N/A 79 19 98 0.1%

Judge of the Circuit Court

Judicial Circuit 8

(Vote for No More Than Eight)
Name Party Election Day Absentee / Provisional Total Percentage
Charles G. Bernstein Winner Selected     
N/A 89,496 8,004 97,500 12.6%
Emanuel Brown Winner Selected     
N/A 98,154 8,852 107,006 13.8%
Yvette Michelle Bryant Winner Selected     
N/A 104,848 9,431 114,279 14.7%
Timothy James Doory Winner Selected     
N/A 79,724 7,106 86,830 11.2%
John Addison Howard Winner Selected     
N/A 80,321 7,201 87,522 11.3%
Robert B. Kershaw Winner Selected     
N/A 77,945 6,928 84,873 10.9%
George Levi Russell, III Winner Selected     
N/A 85,526 7,808 93,334 12.0%
Pamela Janice White Winner Selected     
N/A 93,207 8,872 102,079 13.2%
Other Write-Ins
N/A 1,527 611 2,138 0.3%

Judge, Court of Special Appeals At Large

Deborah Eyler Winner Selected     
Vote Yes or No
(For continuance in office)
Election Day Absentee / Provisional Total Percentage
Yes 145,218 11,831 157,049 86.8%
No 21,939 1,918 23,857 13.2%

Robert A. Zarnoch Winner Selected     
Vote Yes or No
(For continuance in office)
Election Day Absentee / Provisional Total Percentage
Yes 127,791 10,536 138,327 81.0%
No 29,756 2,683 32,439 19.0%