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Elections

1998 Gubernatorial Election

Statewide Voter Turnout

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

Democratic Party

  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Allegany 17,978 9,975 351 10,326 57.44
Anne Arundel 118,168 75,438 2,150 77,588 65.66
Baltimore City 240,345 136,195 2,982 139,177 57.91
Baltimore 249,253 155,222 3,954 159,176 63.86
Calvert 16,858 10,586 349 10,935 64.87
Caroline 5,973 3,467 149 3,616 60.54
Carroll 29,854 18,443 613 19,056 63.83
Cecil 19,975 10,549 351 10,900 54.57
Charles 26,511 15,547 522 16,069 60.61
Dorchester 9,433 5,720 232 5,952 63.10
Frederick 37,840 21,707 598 22,305 58.95
Garrett 4,665 2,427 121 2,548 54.62
Harford 55,472 36,318 1,139 37,457 67.52
Howard 62,156 40,849 1,544 42,393 68.20
Kent 5,789 3,845 193 4,038 69.75
Montgomery 230,231 152,506 5,731 158,237 68.73
Prince George's 239,846 148,139 2,606 150,745 62.85
Queen Anne's 9,555 6,393 264 6,657 69.67
St. Mary's 19,748 11,619 521 12,140 61.47
Somerset 6,938 3,737 179 3,916 56.44
Talbot 8,598 5,002 224 5,226 60.78
Washington 28,349 15,511 637 16,148 56.96
Wicomico 21,979 11,393 377 11,770 53.55
Worcester 14,016 8,235 534 8,769 62.56
Total 1,479,530 908,823 26,321 935,144 63.21

Republican Party

  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Allegany 19,155 11,057 480 11,537 60.23
Anne Arundel 97,172 60,443 2,550 62,993 64.83
Baltimore City 27,988 13,181 702 13,883 49.60
Baltimore 112,080 66,689 2,836 69,525 62.03
Calvert 15,296 9,311 369 9,680 63.28
Caroline 4,701 2,835 131 2,966 63.09
Carroll 38,967 24,464 1,010 25,474 65.37
Cecil 14,574 7,729 286 8,015 55.00
Charles 22,843 12,958 571 13,529 59.23
Dorchester 5,021 3,123 159 3,282 65.37
Frederick 44,416 25,767 931 26,698 60.11
Garrett 9,460 5,403 287 5,690 60.15
Harford 44,804 29,696 1,169 30,865 68.89
Howard 47,853 30,068 1,436 31,504 65.83
Kent 3,794 2,398 160 2,558 67.42
Montgomery 127,697 78,965 3,816 82,781 64.83
Prince George's 53,991 30,820 1,400 32,220 59.68
Queen Anne's 8,316 5,581 267 5,848 70.32
St. Mary's 13,754 7,762 351 8,113 58.99
Somerset 3,403 2,118 108 2,226 65.41
Talbot 8,831 5,470 374 5,844 66.18
Washington 28,836 15,809 859 16,668 57.80
Wicomico 15,560 8,643 348 8,991 57.78
Worcester 9,733 5,625 422 6,047 62.13
Total 778,245 465,915 21,022 486,937 62.57

Reform Party

  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Allegany 33 5 0 5 15.15
Anne Arundel 229 0 0 0 0.00
Baltimore City 114 0 0 0 0.00
Baltimore 215 78 4 82 38.14
Calvert 12 0 0 0 0.00
Caroline 25 0 0 0 0.00
Carroll 58 0 0 0 0.00
Cecil 29 7 0 7 24.14
Charles 44 13 0 13 29.55
Dorchester 91 16 0 16 17.58
Frederick 76 0 0 0 0.00
Garrett 8 0 0 0 0.00
Harford 78 0 0 0 0.00
Howard 77 24 1 25 32.47
Kent 7 1 0 1 14.29
Montgomery 211 92 1 93 44.08
Prince George's 151 62 1 63 41.72
Queen Anne's 16 5 0 5 31.25
St. Mary's 33 0 0 0 0.00
Somerset 69 0 0 0 0.00
Talbot 10 0 0 0 0.00
Washington 59 12 1 13 22.03
Wicomico 58 24 0 24 41.38
Worcester 52 17 1 18 34.62
Total 1,755 356 9 365 20.80

Decline and Other Parties

  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Allegany 3,147 864 18 882 28.03
Anne Arundel 32,508 14,716 309 15,025 46.22
Baltimore City 17,389 6,561 163 6,724 38.67
Baltimore 37,669 14,626 250 14,876 39.49
Calvert 4,809 2,101 62 2,163 44.98
Caroline 1,355 481 11 492 36.31
Carroll 8,116 3,538 79 3,617 44.57
Cecil 5,894 1,973 49 2,022 34.31
Charles 7,080 2,827 67 2,894 40.88
Dorchester 1,277 431 10 441 34.53
Frederick 14,227 5,253 103 5,356 37.65
Garrett 844 237 14 251 29.74
Harford 10,954 5,165 134 5,299 48.38
Howard 20,776 9,837 281 10,118 48.70
Kent 930 422 16 438 47.10
Montgomery 74,039 36,359 953 37,312 50.40
Prince George's 43,652 17,481 259 17,740 40.64
Queen Anne's 2,103 888 24 912 43.37
St. Mary's 4,392 1,759 82 1,841 41.92
Somerset 929 327 10 337 36.28
Talbot 2,263 920 37 957 42.29
Washington 7,783 2,224 67 2,291 29.44
Wicomico 4,794 1,317 28 1,345 28.06
Worcester 3,189 1,154 61 1,215 38.10
Total 310,119 131,461 3,087 134,548 43.39

All Registered Voters

  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Allegany 40,313 21,901 849 22,750 56.43
Anne Arundel 248,077 150,597 5,009 155,606 62.72
Baltimore City 285,836 155,937 3,847 159,784 55.90
Baltimore 399,217 236,624 7,044 243,668 61.04
Calvert 36,975 21,998 780 22,778 61.60
Caroline 12,054 6,783 291 7,074 58.69
Carroll 76,995 46,445 1,702 48,147 62.53
Cecil 40,472 20,258 686 20,944 51.75
Charles 56,478 31,345 1,160 32,505 57.55
Dorchester 15,822 9,290 401 9,691 61.25
Frederick 96,559 52,727 1,632 54,359 56.30
Garrett 14,977 8,067 422 8,489 56.68
Harford 111,308 71,179 2,442 73,621 66.14
Howard 130,862 80,778 3,262 84,040 64.22
Kent 10,520 6,666 369 7,035 66.87
Montgomery 432,178 267,922 10,501 278,423 64.42
Prince George's 337,640 196,502 4,266 200,768 59.46
Queen Anne's 19,990 12,867 555 13,422 67.14
St. Mary's 37,927 21,140 954 22,094 58.25
Somerset 11,339 6,182 297 6,479 57.14
Talbot 19,702 11,392 635 12,027 61.04
Washington 65,027 33,556 1,564 35,120 54.01
Wicomico 42,391 21,377 753 22,130 52.20
Worcester 26,990 15,031 1,018 16,049 59.46
Total 2,569,649 1,506,555 50,439 1,556,994 60.59

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