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Unofficial 2026 Gubernatorial Primary Election Results for Dorchester County

Last refreshed: 07/10/2026 10:08:37 AM

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Governor / Lt. Governor

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Eric S. Felber and LaTrece Hawkins Lytes	Democratic	79	188	79	54	400	17.57%
Wes Moore and Aruna Miller	Democratic	392	744	476	265	1,877	82.43%
Totals		471	932	555	319	2,277	100.00%

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Carl A. Brunner, Jr. and Kevin L. Rhodes, Sr.	Republican	32	119	15	24	190	5.56%
L. D. Burkindine and Jeremy M. Shifflett	Republican	8	21	2	6	37	1.08%
Dan Cox and Rob Krop	Republican	456	1,685	64	112	2,317	67.85%
Ed Hale and Tyrone Keys, Jr.	Republican	111	391	54	44	600	17.57%
Douglas Larcomb and Martina D. Duncan	Republican	5	7	2	0	14	0.41%
John A. Myrick and Brenda J. Thiam	Republican	17	39	8	6	70	2.05%
Michael Oakes and Ronald W. Abend	Republican	5	36	3	6	50	1.46%
Nancy Jane Taylor and Rachel Hannah "Mohawk" Swift	Republican	14	24	6	6	50	1.46%
Shannon Wright and Reba A. Hawkins	Republican	14	54	5	14	87	2.55%
Totals		662	2,376	159	218	3,415	100.00%

Comptroller

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Brooke Elizabeth Lierman	Democratic	418	800	472	281	1,971	100.00%
Totals		418	800	472	281	1,971	100.00%

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Sonya Dunn	Republican	492	1,700	106	142	2,440	100.00%
Totals		492	1,700	106	142	2,440	100.00%

Attorney General

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Anthony G. Brown	Democratic	423	818	488	281	2,010	100.00%
Totals		423	818	488	281	2,010	100.00%

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
James B. Rutledge, III	Republican	487	1,707	107	144	2,445	100.00%
Totals		487	1,707	107	144	2,445	100.00%

Representative in Congress

District 1

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Victor Allen Guidice	Democratic	40	99	54	31	224	11.02%
Dan Schwartz	Democratic	190	405	208	114	917	45.11%
George Walish	Democratic	35	57	35	14	141	6.94%
Randi White	Democratic	158	291	192	110	751	36.94%
Totals		423	852	489	269	2,033	100.00%

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Chris Bruneau	Republican	96	284	49	54	483	13.84%
Andy Harris	Republican	583	2,113	128	182	3,006	86.16%
Totals		679	2,397	177	236	3,489	100.00%

State Senator

District 37

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Edmund J. Barrett	Democratic	96	202	123	80	501	22.76%
Katie G. Clendaniel	Democratic	358	719	402	221	1,700	77.24%
Totals		454	921	525	301	2,201	100.00%

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Johnny Mautz	Republican	594	2,099	134	178	3,005	100.00%
Totals		594	2,099	134	178	3,005	100.00%

House of Delegates

District 37A

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(17 of 17 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Sheree Sample-Hughes	Democratic	238	403	237	138	1,016	100.00%
Totals		238	403	237	138	1,016	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 Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Marco Antonio Garcia (Dorchester County)	Democratic	166	350	198	111	825	46.58%
Michele W. Johnson (Talbot County)	Democratic	184	404	216	142	946	53.42%
Totals		350	754	414	253	1,771	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 Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Chris Adams (Wicomico County)	Republican	363	1,306	96	100	1,865	47.10%
Tom Hutchinson (Dorchester County)	Republican	422	1,462	104	107	2,095	52.90%
Totals		785	2,768	200	207	3,960	100.00%

County Council

District 1

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(18 of 18 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
David Wayne Beverley, II	Democratic	76	140	47	97	360	100.00%
Totals		76	140	47	97	360	100.00%

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(18 of 18 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Robert Edwin Kramer, Jr.	Republican	140	618	18	62	838	100.00%
Totals		140	618	18	62	838	100.00%

District 2

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(2 of 2 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
William Nichols	Democratic	47	56	65	11	179	36.46%
Yvonne D. Penn	Democratic	81	140	73	18	312	63.54%
Totals		128	196	138	29	491	100.00%

District 3

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(5 of 5 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Ricky C. Travers	Democratic	124	228	188	58	598	100.00%
Totals		124	228	188	58	598	100.00%

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(5 of 5 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Grady Wilson, Jr.	Republican	122	228	38	21	409	100.00%
Totals		122	228	38	21	409	100.00%

District 4

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(6 of 6 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Lenny Pfeffer	Republican	107	454	32	36	629	100.00%
Totals		107	454	32	36	629	100.00%

District 5

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(13 of 13 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Christopher Luke Posko	Democratic	16	43	27	23	109	37.46%
Semuel Thompson, Jr.	Democratic	35	89	29	29	182	62.54%
Totals		51	132	56	52	291	100.00%

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(13 of 13 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Mike Detmer	Republican	135	599	18	37	789	100.00%
Totals		135	599	18	37	789	100.00%

State's Attorney

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Kenneth E. Thalheimer	Republican	503	1,756	105	148	2,512	100.00%
Totals		503	1,756	105	148	2,512	100.00%

Clerk of the Circuit Court

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Amy J. Craig	Republican	560	1,942	124	169	2,795	100.00%
Totals		560	1,942	124	169	2,795	100.00%

Register of Wills

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Terry Dayton Wheatley	Democratic	419	818	468	286	1,991	100.00%
Totals		419	818	468	286	1,991	100.00%

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Andrew D. Citrone	Republican	172	674	38	55	939	35.37%
Walter "Dan" Kurth	Republican	368	1,157	83	108	1,716	64.63%
Totals		540	1,831	121	163	2,655	100.00%

Judge of the Orphans' Court

District 1

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(17 of 17 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Jerome Junior Harris	Democratic	199	327	175	93	794	77.16%
Arnell Tyron Limberry	Democratic	45	86	66	38	235	22.84%
Totals		244	413	241	131	1,029	100.00%

District 2

Democratic Candidates - Vote for up to 2

(27 of 27 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Benjamin James Cullen	Democratic	167	357	195	110	829	48.14%
Amy J. Sareen	Democratic	173	382	204	134	893	51.86%
Totals		340	739	399	244	1,722	100.00%

Republican Candidates - Vote for up to 2

(27 of 27 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Bernie Dryden	Republican	313	1,130	81	80	1,604	47.64%
Don Murphy	Republican	334	1,257	87	85	1,763	52.36%
Totals		647	2,387	168	165	3,367	100.00%

Sheriff

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Christine LaMonica	Democratic	330	641	352	190	1,513	72.64%
LeRoi Robinson-Grant	Democratic	113	222	152	83	570	27.36%
Totals		443	863	504	273	2,083	100.00%

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Mark K. Lewis	Republican	552	1,901	132	166	2,751	77.10%
James W. Phillips, Jr.	Republican	140	557	47	73	817	22.90%
Totals		692	2,458	179	239	3,568	100.00%

Democratic Central Committee At Large

Democratic Candidates - Vote for up to 4

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Sydney Bradner-Jacobs (Female)	Democratic	402	758	424	250	1,834	57.13%
James N. Sicks (Male)	Democratic	319	568	315	174	1,376	42.87%
Totals		721	1,326	739	424	3,210	100.00%

Democratic Central Committee

District 1

Democratic Candidates - Vote for up to 2

(18 of 18 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Gregory Meekins (Male)	Democratic	76	154	49	100	379	100.00%
Totals		76	154	49	100	379	100.00%

District 3

Democratic Candidates - Vote for up to 2

(5 of 5 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Sarah Gavian (Female)	Democratic	138	219	179	53	589	100.00%
Totals		138	219	179	53	589	100.00%

District 4

Democratic Candidates - Vote for up to 2

(6 of 6 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
LeRoi Robinson-Grant (Male)	Democratic	49	125	54	33	261	100.00%
Totals		49	125	54	33	261	100.00%

District 5

Democratic Candidates - Vote for up to 2

(13 of 13 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Christopher Luke Posko (Male)	Democratic	48	117	56	52	273	100.00%
Totals		48	117	56	52	273	100.00%

Republican Central Committee

Republican Candidates - Vote for up to 9

(44 of 44 election day precincts reported)

Name	Party	Early Voting	Election Day	Mail-In Ballot	Provisional	Total	Percentage
Buddy Bloom, III	Republican	338	1,184	69	104	1,695	9.99%
Ted Bryant	Republican	225	825	59	71	1,180	6.95%
David Cooper, II	Republican	184	706	50	70	1,010	5.95%
Mike Diaz	Republican	332	1,133	73	97	1,635	9.63%
Michael R. Dodd	Republican	420	1,357	86	128	1,991	11.73%
Benjamin C. Doyle	Republican	383	1,208	65	108	1,764	10.39%
Janet M. Livingston	Republican	249	816	61	86	1,212	7.14%
Richard Newcomb	Republican	274	1,034	71	86	1,465	8.63%
John J. Rigney, Jr.	Republican	142	534	37	52	765	4.51%
Tracy Simmons Taylor	Republican	374	1,224	76	113	1,787	10.53%
Debbie Tribble	Republican	212	700	50	73	1,035	6.10%
Lindsay Mydra Wheatley	Republican	305	975	61	93	1,434	8.45%
Totals		3,438	11,696	758	1,081	16,973	100.00%