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Allegany County, Maryland

2026 election results. Dan Cox (R) has 64% of the vote for governor in Allegany County, with about 92% of the expected vote counted. The margin is 8.8 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 10 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Allegany County

Governor

Dan Cox
63.6%13,811
Wes Moore
32.5%7,054
Cathy White
2.3%497
Andy Ellis
1.7%362
92% counted

Statewide: Wes Moore wins. Called.

U.S. House: Maryland 6th District

Robin Ficker
61.8%13,204
April McClain-Delaney
35.6%7,607
Moshe Landman
2.5%543
92% counted

Whole district: April McClain-Delaney wins. Called.

The leader in Allegany County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 13, 10:39 AM.

10 local contests in Allegany County

County offices, city and town races, school boards and judges on Allegany County's ballots, from Maryland's official results file. Names are as the state prints them. "Ahead" describes the current count; it isn't a race call, and we don't call measures.

County offices

County Commissioner 3 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Dave Caporale R13,14823.6%
Bill Atkinson R11,31420.3%
Creade Brodie, Jr. R9,85217.7%
Chelsea Boor D9,06016.3%
Kit Pepper Lescallette6,66312.0%
Carol Taccino D5,57410.0%
Other Write-Ins1420.3%

Dave Caporale, Bill Atkinson and Creade Brodie, Jr. ahead in Allegany County.

State's Attorney

CandidateVotesShare
James F. Elliott R17,25098.0%
Other Write-Ins3562.0%

James F. Elliott is unopposed.

Clerk of the Circuit Court

CandidateVotesShare
Dawne Lindsey R17,96598.4%
Other Write-Ins2841.6%

Dawne Lindsey is unopposed.

Register of Wills

CandidateVotesShare
Mary Beth Pirolozzi R18,03898.6%
Other Write-Ins2491.4%

Mary Beth Pirolozzi is unopposed.

Sheriff

CandidateVotesShare
David R. Morgan R17,46097.7%
Juliana Marie Hong, write-in D760.4%
Other Write-Ins3361.9%

David R. Morgan ahead in Allegany County.

Cities & towns

Mayor - City of Cumberland

CandidateVotesShare
Raymond Morriss2,80357.7%
Darrell Lee Powell2,05942.3%

Raymond Morriss ahead in Allegany County. Cumberland's page.

Council - City of Cumberland 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
James Leo Furstenberg, III2,97438.3%
Joe George2,45331.6%
Brandon Timothy Scarlett92311.9%
William Valois79010.2%
Gregory Elias Triantafillides6308.1%

James Leo Furstenberg, III and Joe George ahead in Allegany County. Cumberland's page.

Schools

Board of Education 3 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Lori D. Lepley10,77223.9%
Linda Alderman Widmyer8,91419.8%
David A. Bohn8,51418.9%
Caren Phillips Kurtz6,44314.3%
Steven Jay Moon6,11713.6%
Gary Taylor4,0829.1%
Other Write-Ins1580.4%

Lori D. Lepley, Linda Alderman Widmyer and David A. Bohn ahead in Allegany County.

Judges

Judge, Appellate Court of Maryland At Large - Dan Friedman

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes15,45083.5%
No3,04516.5%

Yes ahead with 83.5% in Allegany County. The contest crosses into 23 other counties; across all of them: Yes 1,535,519 (84.0%), No 291,559 (16.0%).

Judge of the Orphans' Court 3 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Craig Robertson R15,16537.2%
Penny Lyn Walker R12,67031.1%
Edward C. Crossland R12,52230.7%
Other Write-Ins3881.0%

Craig Robertson, Penny Lyn Walker and Edward C. Crossland are unopposed.

Maryland's official results, these figures first read Nov 13, 6:48 PM. Unofficial until certified.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MD GovernorR +32.4R +41.2D +8.8
MD-06R +26.9R +41.2D +14.3

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Allegany County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris28.7%Donald Trump68.9%R +40.232,137
2020Joe Biden29.9%Donald Trump68.2%R +38.330,645
2016Hillary Clinton25.7%Donald Trump69.4%R +43.730,654
2012Barack Obama32.8%Mitt Romney64.4%R +31.629,850
2008Barack Obama36.0%John McCain61.9%R +25.929,742
2004John Kerry35.4%George W. Bush63.6%R +28.129,855
2000Al Gore41.3%George W. Bush55.6%R +14.326,371

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +25.9.

Other counties in Maryland

Maryland results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Maryland certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Maryland's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.