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Baltimore City, Maryland

2026 election results. Wes Moore (D) has 84% of the vote for governor in Baltimore City, with about 99% of the expected vote counted. The margin is 5.4 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Baltimore City is split between 2 U.S. House districts. Below are also 17 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Baltimore City

Governor

Wes Moore
84.4%133,027
Dan Cox
9.2%14,564
Andy Ellis
3.3%5,201
Cathy White
3.0%4,792
99% counted

Statewide: Wes Moore wins. Called.

U.S. House: Maryland 2nd District

John Olszewski
89.8%10,857
Dave Wallace
10.2%1,236
100% counted

Only part of Baltimore City is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: John Olszewski wins. Called.

U.S. House: Maryland 7th District

Kweisi Mfume
91.9%132,781
Scott Collier
8.1%11,756
98% counted

Only part of Baltimore City is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Kweisi Mfume wins. Called.

The leader in Baltimore City 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.

17 local contests in Baltimore City

County offices, school boards, local measures and judges on Baltimore City'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

State's Attorney

CandidateVotesShare
Ivan J. Bates D145,13399.0%
Other Write-Ins1,4961.0%

Ivan J. Bates is unopposed.

Clerk of the Circuit Court

CandidateVotesShare
Xavier A. Conaway D137,90598.9%
Other Write-Ins1,5081.1%

Xavier A. Conaway is unopposed.

Register of Wills

CandidateVotesShare
Belinda K. Conaway D136,12690.3%
Andy Zipay R14,0529.3%
Other Write-Ins5420.4%

Belinda K. Conaway ahead in Baltimore City.

Sheriff

CandidateVotesShare
Sabrina Tapp-Harper D136,62598.8%
Other Write-Ins1,6961.2%

Sabrina Tapp-Harper is unopposed.

Schools

Board of Education At Large 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Ashley Ash Esposito65,08728.7%
Domonique A. Flowers59,77526.3%
Jamar Day51,46522.7%
Kwame Jamal Kenyatta-Bey49,75921.9%
Other Write-Ins1,0920.5%

Ashley Ash Esposito and Domonique A. Flowers ahead in Baltimore City.

Local measures

Question A: Bond Issue - Affordable Housing Loan

ChoiceVotesShare
For130,88184.3%
Against24,45815.7%

For ahead with 84.3% in Baltimore City.

Question B: Bond Issue - School Loan

ChoiceVotesShare
For133,19486.6%
Against20,61213.4%

For ahead with 86.6% in Baltimore City.

Question C: Bond Issue - Community and Economic Development Loan

ChoiceVotesShare
For126,46682.9%
Against26,01117.1%

For ahead with 82.9% in Baltimore City.

Question D: Bond Issue - Public Infrastructure Loan

ChoiceVotesShare
For129,94085.1%
Against22,82014.9%

For ahead with 85.1% in Baltimore City.

Question E: Charter Amendment - Contract Bidding and Awards

ChoiceVotesShare
For the Charter Amendment93,45863.5%
Against the Charter Amendment53,70336.5%

For the Charter Amendment ahead with 63.5% in Baltimore City.

Question F: Charter Amendment - Legislation, Budget, and Board of Estimates

ChoiceVotesShare
For the Charter Amendment94,90664.5%
Against the Charter Amendment52,20435.5%

For the Charter Amendment ahead with 64.5% in Baltimore City.

Question G: Charter Amendment - Franchises and Minor Privileges

ChoiceVotesShare
For the Charter Amendment111,23576.1%
Against the Charter Amendment34,87423.9%

For the Charter Amendment ahead with 76.1% in Baltimore City.

Question H: Charter Amendment - Department of Water and Wastewater

ChoiceVotesShare
For the Charter Amendment113,99277.0%
Against the Charter Amendment33,95723.0%

For the Charter Amendment ahead with 77.0% in Baltimore City.

Question I: Charter Amendment - Baltimore Baby Fund

ChoiceVotesShare
For the Charter Amendment107,10570.4%
Against the Charter Amendment44,98129.6%

For the Charter Amendment ahead with 70.4% in Baltimore City.

Judges

Judge of the Circuit Court Circuit 8 6 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Kimberly C. McBride103,88818.4%
Catherine Chen100,05817.7%
Hope Tipton93,21216.5%
Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill93,17616.5%
Piper Faith McKeithen88,26515.6%
Levi S. Zaslow83,71414.8%
Other Write-Ins2,4310.4%

Kimberly C. McBride, Catherine Chen, Hope Tipton, Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill, Piper Faith McKeithen and Levi S. Zaslow are unopposed.

Judge, Appellate Court of Maryland At Large - Dan Friedman

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes114,34985.3%
No19,63614.7%

Yes ahead with 85.3% in Baltimore City. 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
Charles "Chuck" Bernstein D115,49833.7%
Michele E. Loewenthal D114,46033.4%
Lewyn Scott Garrett D111,25432.5%
Other Write-Ins1,3470.4%

Charles "Chuck" Bernstein, Michele E. Loewenthal and Lewyn Scott Garrett are unopposed.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MD GovernorD +80.3D +74.9D +5.4
MD-02 part of the countyD +79.6D +73.3D +6.3
MD-07 part of the countyD +83.7D +75.0D +8.7

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 Baltimore City has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris84.6%Donald Trump12.1%D +72.4230,754
2020Joe Biden87.3%Donald Trump10.7%D +76.6237,451
2016Hillary Clinton84.7%Donald Trump10.5%D +74.1239,402
2012Barack Obama87.2%Mitt Romney11.1%D +76.1254,005
2008Barack Obama87.2%John McCain11.7%D +75.5245,968
2004John Kerry82.0%George W. Bush17.0%D +65.0213,563
2000Al Gore82.5%George W. Bush14.1%D +68.4192,404

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 D +4.0.

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.