Unofficial 2026 Gubernatorial Primary Election Results for Dorchester County

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Governor / Lt. Governor

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Eric S. Felber and LaTrece Hawkins Lytes
 Democratic 79 188 NR NR 267 19.03%
Wes Moore and Aruna Miller
 Democratic 392 744 NR NR 1,136 80.97%
Totals
 471 932 NR NR 1,403 100.00%

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Carl A. Brunner, Jr. and Kevin L. Rhodes, Sr.
 Republican 32 119 NR NR 151 4.97%
L. D. Burkindine and Jeremy M. Shifflett
 Republican 8 21 NR NR 29 0.95%
Dan Cox and Rob Krop
 Republican 456 1,685 NR NR 2,141 70.47%
Ed Hale and Tyrone Keys, Jr.
 Republican 111 391 NR NR 502 16.52%
Douglas Larcomb and Martina D. Duncan
 Republican 5 7 NR NR 12 0.39%
John A. Myrick and Brenda J. Thiam
 Republican 17 39 NR NR 56 1.84%
Michael Oakes and Ronald W. Abend
 Republican 5 36 NR NR 41 1.35%
Nancy Jane Taylor and Rachel Hannah "Mohawk" Swift
 Republican 14 24 NR NR 38 1.25%
Shannon Wright and Reba A. Hawkins
 Republican 14 54 NR NR 68 2.24%
Totals
 662 2,376 NR NR 3,038 100.00%

Comptroller

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Brooke Elizabeth Lierman
 Democratic 418 800 NR NR 1,218 100.00%
Totals
 418 800 NR NR 1,218 100.00%

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Sonya Dunn
 Republican 492 1,700 NR NR 2,192 100.00%
Totals
 492 1,700 NR NR 2,192 100.00%

Attorney General

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Anthony G. Brown
 Democratic 423 818 NR NR 1,241 100.00%
Totals
 423 818 NR NR 1,241 100.00%

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
James B. Rutledge, III
 Republican 487 1,707 NR NR 2,194 100.00%
Totals
 487 1,707 NR NR 2,194 100.00%

Representative in Congress

District 1

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Victor Allen Guidice
 Democratic 40 99 NR NR 139 10.90%
Dan Schwartz
 Democratic 190 405 NR NR 595 46.67%
George Walish
 Democratic 35 57 NR NR 92 7.22%
Randi White
 Democratic 158 291 NR NR 449 35.22%
Totals
 423 852 NR NR 1,275 100.00%

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Chris Bruneau
 Republican 96 284 NR NR 380 12.35%
Andy Harris
 Republican 583 2,113 NR NR 2,696 87.65%
Totals
 679 2,397 NR NR 3,076 100.00%

State Senator

District 37

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Edmund J. Barrett
 Democratic 96 202 NR NR 298 21.67%
Katie G. Clendaniel
 Democratic 358 719 NR NR 1,077 78.33%
Totals
 454 921 NR NR 1,375 100.00%

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Johnny Mautz
 Republican 594 2,099 NR NR 2,693 100.00%
Totals
 594 2,099 NR NR 2,693 100.00%

House of Delegates

District 37A

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(17 of 17 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Sheree Sample-Hughes
 Democratic 238 403 NR NR 641 100.00%
Totals
 238 403 NR NR 641 100.00%

District 37B

Democratic Candidates - Vote for up to 2 - No more than 1 Delegate may be elected from a single county

(27 of 27 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Marco Antonio Garcia (Dorchester County)
 Democratic 166 350 NR NR 516 46.74%
Michele W. Johnson (Talbot County)
 Democratic 184 404 NR NR 588 53.26%
Totals
 350 754 NR NR 1,104 100.00%

Republican Candidates - Vote for up to 2 - No more than 1 Delegate may be elected from a single county

(27 of 27 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Chris Adams (Wicomico County)
 Republican 363 1,306 NR NR 1,669 46.97%
Tom Hutchinson (Dorchester County)
 Republican 422 1,462 NR NR 1,884 53.03%
Totals
 785 2,768 NR NR 3,553 100.00%

County Council

District 1

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(18 of 18 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
David Wayne Beverley, II
 Democratic 76 140 NR NR 216 100.00%
Totals
 76 140 NR NR 216 100.00%

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(18 of 18 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Robert Edwin Kramer, Jr.
 Republican 140 618 NR NR 758 100.00%
Totals
 140 618 NR NR 758 100.00%

District 2

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(2 of 2 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
William Nichols
 Democratic 47 56 NR NR 103 31.79%
Yvonne D. Penn
 Democratic 81 140 NR NR 221 68.21%
Totals
 128 196 NR NR 324 100.00%

District 3

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(5 of 5 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Ricky C. Travers
 Democratic 124 228 NR NR 352 100.00%
Totals
 124 228 NR NR 352 100.00%

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(5 of 5 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Grady Wilson, Jr.
 Republican 122 228 NR NR 350 100.00%
Totals
 122 228 NR NR 350 100.00%

District 4

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(6 of 6 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Lenny Pfeffer
 Republican 107 454 NR NR 561 100.00%
Totals
 107 454 NR NR 561 100.00%

District 5

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(13 of 13 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Christopher Luke Posko
 Democratic 16 43 NR NR 59 32.24%
Semuel Thompson, Jr.
 Democratic 35 89 NR NR 124 67.76%
Totals
 51 132 NR NR 183 100.00%

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(13 of 13 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Mike Detmer
 Republican 135 599 NR NR 734 100.00%
Totals
 135 599 NR NR 734 100.00%

State's Attorney

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Kenneth E. Thalheimer
 Republican 503 1,756 NR NR 2,259 100.00%
Totals
 503 1,756 NR NR 2,259 100.00%

Clerk of the Circuit Court

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Amy J. Craig
 Republican 560 1,942 NR NR 2,502 100.00%
Totals
 560 1,942 NR NR 2,502 100.00%

Register of Wills

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Terry Dayton Wheatley
 Democratic 419 818 NR NR 1,237 100.00%
Totals
 419 818 NR NR 1,237 100.00%

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Andrew D. Citrone
 Republican 172 674 NR NR 846 35.68%
Walter "Dan" Kurth
 Republican 368 1,157 NR NR 1,525 64.32%
Totals
 540 1,831 NR NR 2,371 100.00%

Judge of the Orphans' Court

District 1

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(17 of 17 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Jerome Junior Harris
 Democratic 199 327 NR NR 526 80.06%
Arnell Tyron Limberry
 Democratic 45 86 NR NR 131 19.94%
Totals
 244 413 NR NR 657 100.00%

District 2

Democratic Candidates - Vote for up to 2

(27 of 27 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Benjamin James Cullen
 Democratic 167 357 NR NR 524 48.56%
Amy J. Sareen
 Democratic 173 382 NR NR 555 51.44%
Totals
 340 739 NR NR 1,079 100.00%

Republican Candidates - Vote for up to 2

(27 of 27 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Bernie Dryden
 Republican 313 1,130 NR NR 1,443 47.56%
Don Murphy
 Republican 334 1,257 NR NR 1,591 52.44%
Totals
 647 2,387 NR NR 3,034 100.00%

Sheriff

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Christine LaMonica
 Democratic 330 641 NR NR 971 74.35%
LeRoi Robinson-Grant
 Democratic 113 222 NR NR 335 25.65%
Totals
 443 863 NR NR 1,306 100.00%

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Mark K. Lewis
 Republican 552 1,901 NR NR 2,453 77.87%
James W. Phillips, Jr.
 Republican 140 557 NR NR 697 22.13%
Totals
 692 2,458 NR NR 3,150 100.00%

Democratic Central Committee At Large

Democratic Candidates - Vote for up to 4

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Sydney Bradner-Jacobs (Female)
 Democratic 402 758 NR NR 1,160 56.67%
James N. Sicks (Male)
 Democratic 319 568 NR NR 887 43.33%
Totals
 721 1,326 NR NR 2,047 100.00%

Democratic Central Committee

District 1

Democratic Candidates - Vote for up to 2

(18 of 18 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Gregory Meekins (Male)
 Democratic 76 154 NR NR 230 100.00%
Totals
 76 154 NR NR 230 100.00%

District 3

Democratic Candidates - Vote for up to 2

(5 of 5 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Sarah Gavian (Female)
 Democratic 138 219 NR NR 357 100.00%
Totals
 138 219 NR NR 357 100.00%

District 4

Democratic Candidates - Vote for up to 2

(6 of 6 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
LeRoi Robinson-Grant (Male)
 Democratic 49 125 NR NR 174 100.00%
Totals
 49 125 NR NR 174 100.00%

District 5

Democratic Candidates - Vote for up to 2

(13 of 13 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Christopher Luke Posko (Male)
 Democratic 48 117 NR NR 165 100.00%
Totals
 48 117 NR NR 165 100.00%

Republican Central Committee

Republican Candidates - Vote for up to 9

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)
Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In BallotProvisional Total Percentage
Buddy Bloom, III
 Republican 338 1,184 NR NR 1,522 10.06%
Ted Bryant
 Republican 225 825 NR NR 1,050 6.94%
David Cooper, II
 Republican 184 706 NR NR 890 5.88%
Mike Diaz
 Republican 332 1,133 NR NR 1,465 9.68%
Michael R. Dodd
 Republican 420 1,357 NR NR 1,777 11.74%
Benjamin C. Doyle
 Republican 383 1,208 NR NR 1,591 10.51%
Janet M. Livingston
 Republican 249 816 NR NR 1,065 7.04%
Richard Newcomb
 Republican 274 1,034 NR NR 1,308 8.64%
John J. Rigney, Jr.
 Republican 142 534 NR NR 676 4.47%
Tracy Simmons Taylor
 Republican 374 1,224 NR NR 1,598 10.56%
Debbie Tribble
 Republican 212 700 NR NR 912 6.03%
Lindsay Mydra Wheatley
 Republican 305 975 NR NR 1,280 8.46%
Totals
 3,438 11,696 NR NR 15,134 100.00%